هذا الحكم.

A careful pronunciation is hādhā al-ḥukmu.

A few notes:

• هذا = hādhā
• dh sounds like the th in this
• ح is a deeper, breathier sound than ordinary English h
• الحكم = al-ḥukm

In normal pause at the end of a sentence, the final short vowel is often not pronounced, so you may hear hādhā al-ḥukm.

Because Arabic usually omits is/are in present-tense nominal sentences.

So هذا الحكم literally looks like this the-ruling, but it means This is the ruling/judgment.

If you wanted to say was, Arabic would normally use a verb such as كان.

Because the noun after هذا is usually definite in Modern Standard Arabic when you mean this + noun.

So:

• هذا الحكم = this ruling / this is the ruling
• هذا حكمٌ would mean something more like this is a ruling/judgment (indefinite), which is a different idea

In other words, الـ makes حكم definite: the ruling/judgment.

Because حكم is a masculine singular noun, and هذا is the masculine singular word for this.

If the noun were feminine singular, you would use هذه instead.

Yes. Arabic demonstratives must agree with the noun they refer to.

Here:

• هذا = masculine singular
• الحكم = masculine singular

So they match correctly.

It can be either, depending on context.

As a standalone sentence, it can mean:

• This is the ruling/judgment.

Inside a longer sentence, it can function as a noun phrase meaning:

• this ruling

For example:

• هذا الحكم واضح = This ruling is clear.

So context tells you whether it is a full sentence or part of a larger one.

As a standalone sentence, it would typically be read as هذا الحُكمُ.

Why?

• الحكمُ is nominative here
• in careful formal reading, that gives it a final -u

But when stopping at the end of the sentence, speakers usually drop that final short vowel in pronunciation, so you often hear هذا الحُكم.

Because ح is a moon letter, not a sun letter.

That means the l in الـ is pronounced:

• الحكم = al-ḥukm

Compare that with a sun-letter word like:

• الشمس pronounced ash-shams

So here you say al-, not a doubled ḥ sound.

It can have several related meanings, depending on context, such as:

• judgment
• ruling
• decision
• sometimes rule/governance

Even if the intended meaning is already given to the learner, it is useful to know that حكم is a broad word with a legal, official, or evaluative sense in many contexts.

Yes. حكم comes from the root ح-ك-م, which is connected with judging, ruling, and wisdom.

Knowing the root helps you recognize related words, such as:

• حاكم = ruler / governor / judge
• محكمة = court
• حكومة = government
• حكمة = wisdom

This is one of the useful features of Arabic vocabulary: related words often come from the same root.