أَمْor

Example sentences

• ابدأ نهارك بمسحٍ داخلي سريع ما الذي يحركني الآن، خوف أم رجاء أم عادة عمياء

  Start your day with a quick inner scan: what drives me now – fear, hope, or blind habit?

  أَمْ — or. 'am' = 'or', used in questions between options.

  From: On Sincerity →

• ابدأ نهارك بمسحٍ داخلي سريع ما الذي يحركني الآن، خوف أم رجاء أم عادة عمياء

  Start your day with a quick inner scan: what drives me now – fear, hope, or blind habit?

  أَمْ — or. 'am' = 'or', used in questions between options.

  From: On Sincerity →

• إذا داهمك خاطرٌ يجرّك إلى رياءٍ أو عُجب، اسأله بهدوء هل يزيدني قربًا أم يصنع لي تمثالًا من دخان

  If a thought comes to you that leads you to vanity or conceit, ask it calmly: does it bring me closer, or does it create a statue of smoke?

  أَمْ — or. 'am' = 'or', used in questions between options.

  From: On Sincerity →

• أم يكون التفاته إِلَى من ألبسهُ إِيَّاهَا

  Or will he turn towards the giver of these clothes.

  أَمْ — or. A conjunction 'or', here completing a 'whether… or…' question — pairing with the earlier 'whether'. It offers the second possibility.

  From: Stages of the Seeker →

• ومن فقهِ المقاصدِ أن يُوزَنَ الفعلُ بثمرتِه هل يدرأ ضررًا أعظم أم يجلبُ نفعًا راجحًا؟

  From the understanding of the objectives, an action is weighed by its outcome: does it prevent a greater harm or bring a significant benefit?

  أَمْ — or. 'or' — the kind of 'or' that pairs with 'does it...?' to give a balanced two-way question. It sets the second arm against the first: warding off harm OR bringing benefit, weighed next.

  From: Five Objectives of Islamic Law →

• قَالَ بِكْرًا أَمْ ثَيِّبًا

  He said, "A virgin or previously married?"

  أَمْ — or. This is the 'or' that specifically pairs two options inside a question, asking the listener to pick between them. Its job is to balance the word before it against the word after it as equal, mutually exclusive choices.

  From: Marriage and Financial Justice →

• سَوَاءٌ عَلَيْنَا أَجْزَعَنَا أَمْ صَبْرِنَا

  It makes no difference to us whether we panic or remain patient.

  أَمْ — or. A disjunction particle ('or') of the kind that pairs specifically with a 'whether', linking the two weighed branches. It marks the second alternative against the first in this balanced question.

  From: Patience and the Human Self →

• لَيْتَ شَعْرِيَ وَقَدْ تَمَادَى بِكَ الْهَجْرُ أَمْ مِنْكَ التَّفْرِيطُ أَمْ كَانَ مِنِّي،

  I wish I knew: now that estrangement toward you has gone so far, was the negligence yours, or was it mine?

  أُمُّ — or. A choice particle meaning 'or' that opens one side of a two-way question, weighing one possibility against another. It links alternatives rather than nouns. It sets up the first horn of 'was it ... or ...?'.

  From: On Foolishness and Wisdom →

• لَيْتَ شَعْرِيَ وَقَدْ تَمَادَى بِكَ الْهَجْرُ أَمْ مِنْكَ التَّفْرِيطُ أَمْ كَانَ مِنِّي،

  I wish I knew: now that estrangement toward you has gone so far, was the negligence yours, or was it mine?

  أُمُّ — or. A choice particle meaning 'or' opening the second side of the two-way question, balancing the alternative just raised. It links the competing possibilities. It sets up the second horn of 'was it yours or mine?'.

  From: On Foolishness and Wisdom →

• أَمِنْ حَلالُ كَانَ أَمْ مِنْ حَرَامٍ؟

  Was it lawful, or was it from something forbidden?

  أَمْ — or. The question-internal 'or', the connector used specifically inside a posed alternative ('was it A or B?'). It differs from the everyday 'or' of free choice: it belongs to the interrogative frame opened earlier and balances the second option against the first within a single question.

  From: Preparing for Death and Repentance →