الآنَnow

Example sentences

• فَقَالَ عُمَرُ الآنَ أَكُونُ أَدْرَكْتُ أُمِّي،

  Then Umar said, "Have I now reached my mother?"

  الآنَ — now. This is a time-adverb meaning 'now / at this moment', fixing the remark in the present instant of the scene. Its frozen shape does not bend to the grammar around it. It stresses that only now, watching this, does Umar feel a certain way.

  From: Honoring Parents →

• قَالَ الْآَنَ قَدِمْتَ

  He said, "You have just arrived."

  الآنَ — just now. This is a time-adverb 'now/just now' marking when the action happened. It is set up front for stress, and it frames the verb after it as something that has only just occurred.

  From: Marriage and Financial Justice →

• قُلْتُ الآنَ يَرُدُّ عَلَيَّ الْجَمَلَ،

  I said, 'Now he returns the camel to me.'

  الآنَ — now. This is the time-adverb 'now', placed up front for emphasis. It frames the verb after it as something the speaker expects to happen at this very moment.

  From: Marriage and Financial Justice →

• الآن يسمع الجزء ونفسه تحدثه متى يرويه؟

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

  الآنَ — now. An adverb 'now' with al- 'the' built into it, fixing the action in the present moment for vividness. Fronting it stresses the immediacy - 'right now, even as he listens...'. It sets the time-frame for the scene that follows.

  From: Sincere Worship →