أَمَّاas for

Example sentences

• فَأَمَّا الْعَاقِلُ فَإِنَّهُ يَنْهَى نَفْسَهُ عَنْ لَذَّةٍ تُعَقِّبُ أَلَمًا

  As for the rational person, he restrains himself from pleasure that is followed by pain.

  فَأَمَّا — so as for. A topic-flagging device: it hoists a subject to the front to be discussed, and its clause normally answers back with a 'then'. The fa- ties it to what came before.

  From: The Discipline of Foresight →

• فمجاهدتها أشق من مجاهدة العدو الظاهر؛ لأن العدو الظاهر يمكن الفرار منه أو قهره، وأما النفس فملازمة للإنسان لا تفارقه

  So struggling against it is harder than struggling against a visible enemy; for a visible enemy can be escaped or conquered, but the self is ever-present with the person and does not leave him.

  وَأَمَّا — and as for. The wa- joins the contrasting half, and the particle with it is the 'as for' marker that fronts a new topic for comment. It sets up 'but as for the self...', flagging a shift to contrast the self with the visible enemy just discussed.

  From: Struggling Against the Self →

• وَصَدَقَ وَاللهِ ابْنُ عَبَّاسٍ، وَأَمَّا الْحَدِيثُ فَمَا فِيهِ حَصْرُ الْكَبَائِرِ

  And by Allah, Ibn Abbas was correct. As for the Hadith, it does not limit the major sins.

  وَأَمَّا — and as for. A fused 'and' plus a topic-shifting particle, 'and as for'. This particle lifts a new topic to the front for comment; whatever follows will get a matching 'then...' reply, which is why the next clause opens with a linking 'then'.

  From: What Small Worship Erases →

• فَأَما الَّتِي لي فتعبدني لَا تشرك بِي شَيْئا

  As for the one that is for Me, it is that you worship Me, associating nothing with Me.

  فَأَمَّا — so as for. This word fuses the 'so' connector with the topic-setting particle 'as for', which lifts a single item out for separate treatment. Such a particle usually pairs with a later 'so/then' clause to deliver the comment, framing 'as for the one that...'.

  From: Worship and Repentance →

• وَأَمَّا حَارِثَةُ فَإِنَّهُ كَانَ يَفْلِي رَأْسَ أُمِّهِ

  As for Haritha, he used to stroke his mother's head.

  وأما — and as for. This fuses the connective wa- ('and') with the topic-marker 'as for', shifting attention to the second man, 'and now as for...'. It mirrors the earlier 'as for', setting up a parallel two-part comment that a matching 'then he...' will complete. So it structures the contrast between the two sons.

  From: Mothers and the Companions →

• أَمَّا وَاللَّهِ لَئِنْ مَنَعْتَنِي هَذَا لَأَمْنَعَنَّكَ مَا هُوَ أَشَدُّ عَلَيْكَ مِنْهُ

  By God, if you prevent me from this, I will surely prevent you from something that will be harder on you than this.

  أَمَا — indeed. An attention-grabbing opener — 'now listen' — that primes the solemn oath ahead. It carries emphasis rather than independent meaning.

  From: Warning Before the Battle of Badr →

• فَلَمْ يَزَلْ بِهِ أَبُو جَهْلٍ حَتَّى قَالَ أَمَّا إِذْ غَلَبْتَنِي،

  So Abu Jahl did not cease at him until he said, "As for when you have overcome me,"

  أَمَّا — as for. A topic-setting particle 'as for...': it spotlights what comes next and usually pairs with a following clause that delivers the comment. It frames the concession the speaker is about to make.

  From: Warning Before the Battle of Badr →

• وَأُمًّا ابْنَتُهُ رَابِعَةُ فَتَزَوَّجَتْ مِنْ ابْنِ رَشِيدِ الطَبَرِيِّ،

  As for his daughter Rabaa, she married the son of Rashid al-Tabari.

  وَأُمًّا — and as for. This opens with an attached 'and' and then a topic-setting particle that means 'as for ...', a frame that lifts one person out for special comment and expects a matching 'then ...' clause later. So its grammatical job is to spotlight a new subject. The 'and' simply links it to the running narrative.

  From: Sermons, Wit, and Sorrow →

• فَأَمَّا الطَّبْعُ، فَجَوَاذِبُهُ كَثِيرَةٌ،

  As for the natural disposition, it has many attractions.

  فَأَمَّا — so as for. The connector fa- ('so') fused to a topic-setting particle that means 'as for...'. This particle lifts a topic out front to comment on it, and it normally pairs with a fa- on the comment that follows, which is the construction this sentence then completes.

  From: Guarding the Heart from Heedlessness →