Al-Baqara · 2:7
خَتَمَ اللّٰهُ عَلٰى قُلُوبِهِمْ وَعَلٰى سَمْعِهِمْۜ وَعَلٰٓى اَبْصَارِهِمْ غِشَاوَةٌۘ وَلَهُمْ عَذَابٌ عَظ۪يمٌ۟
God has sealed their hearts and their ears, and their eyes are covered. They will have great torment
خَتَمَ
khatama
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- Meaning
- has sealed
- Part of speech
- Verb (فعل)
- Root
- خ ت م
- Root meaning
- The root ختم (khtm) primarily refers to sealing or stamping, like with clay or wax.
- Frequency
- Appears in 8 verses of the Qur'an
- Dictionary form
- خَتَمَ
- Verb form
- Form I (فَعَلَ)
- Tense
- Past (māḍī)
- Voice
- Active
- Mood
- Past (mabnī)
- Person
- 3rd person masculine singular
- Role
- Verb; its subject is the following ‘Allah’
- Case
- Past verb (mabnī)
- Grammar
- ‘Has sealed’ — a past verb. Its subject comes right after (‘Allah’), and what is sealed follows with ‘upon’: their hearts and hearing.
Conjugation
In the past, the suffix carries the subject (‑tu = I, ‑nā = we, ‑ta = you).