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أو or in Arabic

أو is how you say “or” in Arabic.

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ومحل اعتراضه أو معارضته، وأين يجب عليه السكوت ولخصمه الكلام والاستدلال

the place of their objections or oppositions, and where one must remain silent while their opponent speaks and reasons.

أَوْ or

'or', alternative.

From Rules of Scholarly Debate

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طوال اللَّيَالِي أَو بعيد المفاوز

throughout the nights or across vast distances.

أَوْ or

A conjunction 'or', offering an alternative — distance in time or in space. It links the two measures of separation.

From Night Prayer and Nearness to God

وقيل هو على النسب لا على الفعل أي ذي دفق أو ذات

And it is said that it is a relational adjective, not an active one, meaning possessing "dafq."

أَو or

A connector 'or', offering an alternative wording of the same idea with the feminine 'possessor of' form to follow. It simply sets the two equivalent phrasings side by side.

From Creating Life from Nothing

فإن اسم الفاعل هو من قام به الفعل سواء فعله هو أو غيره

For an active participle is one by whom the action is carried out, whether he performed it himself or someone else did.

أَوْ or

A connector 'or', opening the second alternative under 'whether', balancing the first. It simply sets the two cases side by side.

From Creating Life from Nothing

فإن العبد إذا وقع في شدة فإما أن يدفعها بقوته أو قوة من ينصره وكلاهما معدوم في حقه

For when the servant falls into distress, he either repels it with his strength or with the strength of one who aids him, and both are absent in his case.

أَوْ or

A particle 'or', introducing the second of the two alternatives. It marks the choice between repelling distress by one's own strength or by another's.

From Signs of Resurrection

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