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كُلَّمَا whenever in Arabic

كُلَّمَا is how you say “whenever” in Arabic.

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Example sentence

وكلما لاح آمال فؤادي دار على مرادي الفلك،

Every time the hopes of my heart appear, the course of fate aligns with my desire.

وَكُلَّمَا and every time

This combines wa- with a word meaning 'every time', which sets up an open-ended condition: whenever the first thing happens, the second follows. It pairs two past-tense verbs to express a repeating rule, the way English uses 'whenever ... then'.

From Victory Belongs to God

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More example sentences

وكلما جاء عرفي شب في العلم وما أنفرك،

Every time my reputation spreads, I grow in knowledge and you do not turn away.

وَكُلَّمَا and every time

Again wa- joins to 'every time' to set an open condition: each occurrence of the first event triggers the second. The construction expects a past-tense verb right after and reads as a standing rule, like English 'whenever'.

From Victory Belongs to God

وكلما نصب إبليس لي شركًا خرقت ذلك الشرك،

Every time Satan set a trap for me, I destroyed that trap.

وَكُلَّمَا and every time

wa- joins to 'every time', setting an open-ended condition where each occurrence of one event brings on another. It frames a repeating pattern between Satan's trap-setting and the speaker's breaking it, like English 'whenever ... then'.

From Victory Belongs to God

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