حکم واپس لینا
To revoke an order; to rescind a command; to withdraw a ruling; to cancel a directive; to take back an instruction or decision; to annul a judgment. حکم (hukm) is the Urdu noun meaning order, command, decree, ruling, judgment, or directive, derived from the Arabic root ح ك م (h k m), meaning to judge, to rule, to command. واپس لینا (wapas lena) is a compound verb meaning to take back, to retract, to withdraw, to revoke. واپس (wapas) is an adverb meaning back, again, or in return, derived from the Persian "باز" (baaz) but through a different path. لینا (lena) is the verb meaning to take. Together, حکم واپس لینا means to take back an order or command. This phrase is used in legal contexts (a court rescinding a previous ruling), in administrative contexts (a government withdrawing a notification), in military contexts (a commander countermanding an order), in corporate settings (a manager revoking a directive), and in personal situations (a parent taking back a decision). The polarity is neutral, simply describing an action of reversal. However, revoking an order can be positive (correcting a mistake) or negative (showing indecisiveness). The opposite concepts are "حکم جاری کرنا" (hukm jaari karna, to issue an order), "حکم دینا" (hukm dena, to give an order), or "حکم نافذ کرنا" (hukm naafiz karna, to enforce an order). The phrase is grammatically transitive, taking the object حکم (order) as the direct object.