أَمْ or in Arabic
أَمْ is how you say “or” in Arabic.
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Example sentence
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.
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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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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 ...?'.
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?'.
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.