Arabic vocabulary

لِماfor what in Arabic

لِما is how you say “for what” in Arabic. Hear it pronounced and see it used in a real example sentence from classical texts below.

Example sentences

كَمَا أَن العابد الزَّاهِد قد يكون لما فِي قلبه من بِدعَة ونفاق مسخوطا عِنْد الله وَرَسُوله
Just as a devout worshipper may, because of the innovation and hypocrisy in his heart, be disliked by Allah and His Messenger.
لِمَا — for what. This single word fuses the 'for/because of' preposition with a relative 'what', held in the genitive by the preposition. It opens the reason, 'because of what is in his heart', pointing to the cause of the worshipper's disfavor.
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