تَارَةًsometimes

Example sentences

• فَتَارَة يتجلى فِي جِلْبَاب الهيبة وَالْعَظَمَة والجلال

  Sometimes He manifests in the cloak of awe, grandeur, and majesty.

  فَتَارَةً — so at times. 'Fa-' plus 'a time / once', an accusative used adverbially — 'at one turn, sometimes'. The accusative ending marks it as 'on one occasion', setting up an alternation with 'at another time' later.

  From: Reflecting on God's Names →

• وَتارَة يتجلى فِي صِفَات الْجمال والكمال وَهُوَ كَمَال الْأَسْمَاء وجمال الصِّفَات وجمال الْأَفْعَال الدَّال على كَمَال الذَّات

  And at times He manifests in attributes of beauty and perfection, which are the perfection of names, beauty of attributes, and beauty of actions indicating the perfection of the essence.

  وَتَارَةً — and at times. 'And' plus the adverbial accusative 'at another turn' — the second member of the 'sometimes…, sometimes…' alternation. The accusative marks it as 'on another occasion'.

  From: Reflecting on God's Names →

• وجماع ذَلِك أَنه سُبْحَانَهُ يتعرف إِلَى العَبْد بِصِفَات إلهيته تارة وبصفات ربوبيته تَارَة

  And in summary, He, the Exalted, reveals Himself to the servant with divine attributes at one time and with lordship attributes at another…

  تَارَةً — at one time. The adverbial accusative 'at one turn / sometimes' — the first half of an alternation. The accusative marks it as 'on one occasion'.

  From: Reflecting on God's Names →

• وجماع ذَلِك أَنه سُبْحَانَهُ يتعرف إِلَى العَبْد بِصِفَات إلهيته تارة وبصفات ربوبيته تَارَة

  And in summary, He, the Exalted, reveals Himself to the servant with divine attributes at one time and with lordship attributes at another…

  تَارَةً — at another time. The adverbial accusative 'at another turn' — the second half of the alternation. It balances the earlier 'at one time'.

  From: Reflecting on God's Names →

• وَعَيْنُهُ إِلَى تَنْبِيهِ الشَّيْخِ تَارَةً ،

  And his aim is to alert the sheikh at times,

  تَارَةً — at times. An adverb of time meaning 'at times / once', carrying the accusative ending Arabic uses to turn a noun into an adverb. It marks one occasion among the alternating cases the sentence runs through, repeated to mean 'sometimes...sometimes'.

  From: Humility Over Fame →