Arabic vocabulary
كأنas if in Arabic
كأن is how you say “as if” in Arabic. Hear it pronounced and see it used in a real example sentence from classical texts below.
Example sentences
مِثْلَ مَا أَنَّكَ هَهُنَا فَكَأَنَّهُ سُبْحَانَهُ يَقُولُ إِنَّ الْقُرْآنَ حَقٌّ
Just as you are here, it is as if He, Glory be to Him, is saying that the Quran is true.
فَكَأَنَّهُ — it is as if. A comparison particle 'as if' fused with a leading particle and an attached 'it/He' ending as its subject, 'so it is as if He'. It likens the situation to God speaking, and holds its following subject in the accusative.
From: Proofs of Scripture →
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