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كُلَّمَا whenever in Arabic

كُلَّمَا is how you say “whenever” in Arabic.

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كلما تليت فضائله علا عَلَيْهِم الصغار

Whenever his virtues are recited, humiliation rises upon them.

كُلَّمَا whenever

A compound 'every time that / whenever', setting up a recurring condition whose result follows. Each time his virtues are read.

From Abu Bakr: First Champion of Islam

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More example sentences

كلما راقبتها في التفاصيل الصغيرة صار أثرُها في القرارات الكبيرة أصدق

The more you watch over it in the small details, the more truthful its impact becomes on major decisions.

كُلَّمَا every time that

'whenever / the more...' — a correlative word setting up a 'the more X, the more Y' link. It opens the proportion: the more you watch over intention in small things, the truer its mark on big decisions, as the rest unfolds.

From Purifying Your Intentions

وكلما كان أمهر كان أسرق،

And the more skilled one is, the more likely they are to steal.

وَكُلَّمَا and whenever

This correlative means 'whenever / the more...', setting up a proportional link: each rise in one thing brings a rise in another. It is followed by two clauses, and the relationship between them — 'the more X, the more Y' — is what it encodes. The 'wa-' just connects it onward.

From Intention in Islam

ابن آدم، إنما أنت أيام، كلما ذهب يوم ذهب بعضك

"Son of Adam, you are but days; whenever a day passes, a part of you goes."

كُلَّمَا whenever

A compound connector meaning 'every time that', which sets up a repeating condition: each occurrence of the first event triggers the second. It pairs two clauses into a whenever-then relationship rather than naming a thing.

From While You Still Can

أجل فكرك في أركانك وتدبر بناء بنانك ويكفي في العبر نطق لسانك كلما تلوى،

Reflect on your own limbs and consider the construction of your fingertips; it is enough as a lesson that your tongue speaks whenever it turns.

كُلَّمَا whenever

This word means 'every time / whenever' and sets up a recurring link between two actions: each time one happens, the other does. It frames the following verb as a repeated condition, tying the tongue's speech to every instance of its turning.

From All Creation Praises Him

وَكُلَّمَا اِسْتَوْحَشْتَ فِي تَفَرُّدِكَ فَانْظُرْ إِلَى الرَّفِيقِ السَّابِقِ،

Whenever you feel lonely in your solitude, then look to the preceding companion.

وَكُلَّمَا whenever

The wa- resumes the address, and the rest is a compound time-word meaning 'every time / whenever', built from 'all' plus 'when'. It sets up a recurring condition: each occurrence of the first clause triggers the response in the second. So the word frames an open-ended 'whenever X, then Y' pattern.

From Choosing Good Companions

كُلَّمَا ازْدَادَ رَيًّا ازْدَادَ مَرَارَةً

The more moisture increases, the more bitter it becomes.

كُلَّمَا the more

This is a correlation word that sets up an 'the more ..., the more ...' link between two clauses, so it governs the whole paired structure rather than any single noun. It signals that a matching second clause will track the first. It frames the proportional comparison.

From On Foolishness and Wisdom

كُلَّمَا هَمَمْتُ بِهِمْ أَشَارُوا إِلَى اللَّهِ تَعَالَىٰ

Whenever I intended against them, they would point to Allah, the Exalted.

كُلَّمَا whenever

A compound time-word, 'whenever, every time that', built from an 'all' element and a relativizer, setting up a repeated or habitual link between two clauses. It signals that each time the first thing happens, the second follows. It opens the cycle the speaker describes.

From Seeking Refuge from the Devil

كُلَّمَا قِيلَ لَكَ شَيْئًا تَقَبَّلْهُ

Whenever something is said to you, accept it.

كُلَّمَا whenever

A conditional time-word meaning 'every time / whenever'. It sets up a repeating rule: each occurrence of the first clause triggers the second, so the act of accepting is presented as the standing response to anything that gets said. It binds the two clauses into a cause-and-result loop.

From Seeking Refuge from the Devil

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