Arabic vocabulary

كُلّمَاwhenever in Arabic

كُلّمَا is how you say “whenever” in Arabic. Hear it pronounced and see it used in real example sentences from classical texts below.

Example sentences

فكلما أكثر العبد من الذكر، صفا قلبه، واتضح له الحق
The more a servant remembers, the purer his heart becomes and the clearer the truth appears to him.
كُلَّمَا — the more. A correlation word meaning 'the more... the more', setting up a sliding scale where one thing rises with another. It needs two clauses to complete it, and Arabic links them by simple parallel structure rather than English's paired 'the... the'.
From: A Sound Heart Knows →
وكلما اشتغل بالشهوات، كدر قلبه، واشتبه عليه الأمر
But the more he engages in desires, the murkier his heart becomes, and things become confused for him.
وَكُلَّمَا — but the more. The connector 'and' joined to the 'the more... the more' correlation word, opening the contrasting case. It sets up another sliding scale, this time with a bad outcome, balanced against the good one just before.
From: A Sound Heart Knows →

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