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تَارَةً sometimes in Arabic

تَارَةً is how you say “sometimes” in Arabic.

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Example sentence

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

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More example sentences

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

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