مَتَى if in Arabic

فمتى قَدَرَ على الماء قَبْلَ الدخول في الصلاة بَطَلَ تيممُه

If one can access water before starting the prayer, their Tayammum is void.

فَمَتَى so when

The 'fa-' moves on, and 'when / whenever' sets a condition needing a case and a result. 'Whenever he can get water...' — it opens the scenario whose outcome ('his tayammum is void') comes later.

From When Earth Replaces Water

ومتى كان الواعظ مثل الحسين والشيخ عبد القادر الجيلاني رحمهما الله تعالى انتفع به الناس

And when the preacher is like Al-Husayn and Sheikh Abdul Qadir Al-Jilani - may Allah have mercy on them - people benefit from him.

وَمَتَى and when

Normally this word asks 'when?', but here it works as a conditional 'whenever', tying a recurring condition to its outcome. So it is not a question; it sets up 'every time the preacher is like X, then Y follows'. The 'wa-' links it onward.

From Sincere Preaching

فإنك لا تدري متى يفجأك الأجل، فتندم حيث لا ينفع الندم

You don't know when the end will surprise you, so you'll regret when regret is of no use.

مَتَى when

A question-word 'when' used here to open an indirect question: you do not know when. It frames the following clause as the unknown timing.

From Seize the Days You Have

فإنك لا تدري متى يفجأك الأجل، فتندم حيث لا ينفع الندم

For indeed you do not know when your end may strike you, so you will regret when regret is of no use.

مَتَى when

A question word asking about time. Here it heads an indirect question inside the larger sentence, setting up the clause about an unknown moment rather than forming a standalone question.

From While You Still Can

فجعلت أن تقول متى تصديقًا لما أتى من الوعد يا فتى،

So she began to say, 'When will you believe what has come of the promise, O young man?'

مَتَى when

This is the question word 'when', asking about time, and it stands at the front of the quoted speech as the opening of her question. Arabic places such question words first, so it cues the reader that a query about timing follows.

From God's Promise of New Life

فَجَعَلَتْ أَنْ تَقُولَ مَتَى تَصْدِيقًا لِمَا أَتَى مِنَ الْوَعْدِ يَا فَتًى،

So she began to say, "When will there be confirmation of what has come of the promise, O young man?"

مَتَى when

A question word asking about time, 'when', that opens the quoted speech. It heads its clause and colours the whole following statement as a question rather than a report, even though Arabic adds no helping verb the way English 'will there be' does.

From On Birth and Its Timing

فَمَتَى يَسْمَعُ هَذَا أَوْ يَعْقِلُ أَوْ يَبْصُرُ أَوْ يَعْنِي عَنْهُ الْحَدِيثُ شَيْئًا ؟

So when will this one hear or understand or see, or will the hadith mean anything about him?

فَمَتَى so when

Two pieces: the connector fa- giving a 'so', and a question word 'when'. So 'so when', the fa- tying the question to the indictment just laid out and the question word demanding a time, used here rhetorically to mean 'never'.

From Humility Over Fame

فَإِنَّكَ مَتَى إِلْتَفَتَّ إِلَيْهِمْ أَخَذُوْكَ وَعَاقُوْكَ

For whenever you turn to them, they seize you and hold you back.

مَتَى whenever

A time word 'whenever', introducing an open-ended condition: any time the first action happens, the second follows. It frames a general, repeatable rule rather than a single occasion. The verb it governs comes next, and the consequence after that.

From Choosing Good Companions

فَإِنَّهُ لَا يَعْلَمُ مَتَى يَفْجَأُهُ أَمْرُ رَبِّهِ،

For he does not know when his Lord's command will suddenly overtake him.

مَتَى when

A question word for time ('when') used here not as a real question but to open an embedded clause, 'when...', that becomes the object of 'he does not know'. So its job is to turn the following statement into the unknown thing, the timing he cannot foresee.

From Preparing for Death and Repentance

وَلَا يَدْرِي مَتَى يُسْتَدْعَى

And he does not know when he will be summoned.

مَتَى when

The same time question-word 'when', used here to embed a clause rather than to ask, turning 'when he will be summoned' into the object of 'he does not know'. Its role is to make the following statement the unknown matter, the moment of being called.

From Preparing for Death and Repentance

فَمَتَى رَأَيْتَ مُعَاقِبًا؛ فَاعْلَمْ أَنَّهُ لِذُنُوبٍ

So when you see someone being punished, know that it is because of sins.

فَمَتَى so when

A 'fa-' fused to a conditional 'when/whenever'. The 'fa-' draws the conclusion of the foregoing argument, 'so then', while the 'when' word opens a general case whose result the speaker will give. Together they set up 'so whenever you see...', a rule the reader is told to apply.

From Preparing for Death and Repentance

وَمَتَى رَأَيْتَ تَكْدِيرًا فِي حَالٍ،

And whenever you notice a disturbance in your state,

وَمَتَى and whenever

A 'wa-' fused to a time-conditional 'whenever'. The 'wa-' links this to the counsel before it, while the 'whenever' word opens a general, recurring case, 'and any time that...'. It pairs with a command later to build 'whenever you notice X, do Y', a rule meant to apply on every occasion.

From Preparing for Death and Repentance

الآن يسمع الجزء ونفسه تحدثه متى يرويه؟

Now he listens to the part and his self talks to him: When will he narrate it?

مَتَى when

An interrogative 'when', opening the inner question his self poses. As a question word it stands first, fronting the asking about time - 'when will he relate it?'. It frames the rest as the content of his self-talk, a direct quoted question.

From Sincere Worship