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دَوْلًا alternation in Arabic

دَوْلًا is how you say “alternation” in Arabic.

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Example sentence

وَمِنْ أَحْوَالِ الْمُؤْمِنِ أَنْ يَكُونَ الْحَرْبُ سِجَالًا وَدَوْلًا بَيِّنًا دُعَاةَ الدِّينِ وَدُعَاةِ الْهَوَى

One of the believer's states is that the struggle is a fierce, alternating contest between the call of religion and the call of desire.

وَدَوْلًا and alternation

Joined by 'wa-' to the previous predicate noun, it shares the same accusative shape and adds a second image of the same idea: turns that alternate, fortune passing from one side to the other. The conjunction stacks a parallel description rather than starting a new clause.

From Staying Firm in Faith

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