Arabic vocabulary
لِماfor what
How to say “for what” in Arabic, with pronunciation and an example from OpenArabic texts.
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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