وَإِن مِّنكُمْ إِلَّا وَارِدُهَا كَانَ عَلَىٰ رَبِّكَ حَتْمًا مَّقْضِيًّا ٧١
And there is none of you except he will come to it. This is upon your Lord an inevitability decreed.
حَاتِم
Hatim: meaning of the name
Boy Arabic origin Ḥātim
“One who decides, who settles”; the name of the generous Hatim al-Taʾi
Hatim in Islam
Hatim al-Taʾi died before Islam; his son ʿAdi ibn Hatim embraced Islam and became a famous Companion, who saw the Prophet’s ﷺ predictions about the safety of the roads and the treasures of Chosroes come true (al-Bukhari 3595).
Meaning of the name Hatim
Hatim is the active participle of hatama, “to decide irrevocably, to make binding” (root h-t-m, that of hatm, “final decision”): the judge who settles. The name is famous above all through Hatim al-Taʾi, poet and chief of the tribe of Tayyiʾ before Islam, whose generosity became proverbial: “more generous than Hatim”.
- In Arabic
- حَاتِم حاتم
- Transliteration
- Ḥātim
- Root
- ح ت م · 1 occurrence in the Quran
- Gender
- Boy
- Origin
- Arabic
Is Hatim in the Quran?
The name Hatim does not appear as such in the Quran, but its root (ح ت م) occurs once. Examples:
In the hadiths
Authentic
Muttafaq ‘alayh (Bukhari and Muslim) Sahih al-Bukhari 3595
While I was in the city of the Prophet, a man came and complained to him (the Prophet, ) of destitution and poverty. Then another man came and complained of robbery (by highwaymen). The Prophet said, "Adi! Have you been to Al-Hira?" I said, "I haven't been to it, but I was informed about it." He…
يَا عَدِيُّ هَلْ رَأَيْتَ الْحِيرَةَ ". قُلْتُ لَمْ أَرَهَا وَقَدْ أُنْبِئْتُ عَنْهَا. قَالَ " فَإِنْ طَالَتْ بِكَ حَيَاةٌ لَتَرَيَنَّ الظَّعِينَةَ تَرْتَحِلُ مِنَ الْحِيرَةِ، حَتَّى تَطُوفَ بِالْكَعْبَةِ، لاَ…
Is this name permissible?
No text or scholarly opinion concerns the name Hatim in particular: the general rules of Islam apply.
Read the rules for choosing a name
This page is an aid to reflection, not a fatwa. For a personal case, ask a person of knowledge.
Writing Hatim in each language
- French
- Hatem, Hatim
- English
- Hatim, Hatem
- Spanish
- Hatim, Hatem
- Turkish
- Hatem, Hatim
- Arabic
- حَاتِم
