أَوَor?

Example sentences

• قَالَ رَسُوْلُ اللَّهِ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ أَوَمُخْرِجِيَّ هُمْ

  The Messenger of Allah, peace be upon him, said: "Or are they the ones who will drive me out?"

  أَوَ — or. A compound opener built from a question-marker plus a connector, throwing a startled 'and so ...?' back as a question. It does not link to a previous list item; it reopens the matter as something to be queried, coloring the whole following clause as an incredulous question.

  From: The Night of Revelation and Consolation →

• فَقَالَ أَبُو بَكْرٍ أَوَ تَرْجُوهُ بِأَبِي أَنْتَ

  Abu Bakr said, "Do you hope for him? By my father, you!"

  أَوَ — or. A compound opener of a startled question, a question-marker plus a connector together throwing back an amazed 'and do you really ...?'. It does not link list items; it reframes the matter as something to be queried, coloring the verb after it as incredulous.

  From: The Secret Migration →