Arabic vocabulary
How to say “whenever” in Arabic, with pronunciation and real example sentences from OpenArabic texts.
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 →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 →OpenArabic teaches words like كُلَّمَا through real bilingual reading with native audio and spaced-repetition practice.
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