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لِما for what in Arabic

لِما is how you say “for what” in Arabic.

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Example sentence

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.

From Sincerity and Hypocrisy

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