سَوَاءwhether

Example sentences

• لا يُصلَّى بتيممٍ واحدٍ إلا فريضةٌ واحدةٌ، سواءٌ اتفقتا أو اختلفتا؛

  A single dry ablution may only be used for one obligatory prayer, whether they are of the same or different type.

  سَوَاءٌ — whether. 'it is all one / equal' — this word introduces a 'whether... or...' pair, saying both alternatives make no difference. It leads into the two dual verbs: whether the two prayers match or differ, the rule holds.

  From: Purification Without Water →

• علم الحديث والمحدثون فغالبهم لا يفقهون ولا همة لهم في معرفة الحديث ولا في التدين به، بل الصحيح والموضوع عندهم بنسبة

  The science of Hadith and its scholars: most of them do not understand, nor do they care about knowing the Hadith or practicing it; rather, the authentic and the fabricated are the same to them.

  بِسَوَاءٍ — equally. The preposition bi- with an indefinite noun 'equality/sameness', forming an idiom 'on a par/the same'. The bi- governs the noun into the genitive ('of') form and turns the phrase into the predicate of 'in their view' - sound and forged stand equal. So this little preposition-plus-noun delivers the whole 'are the same' punchline.

  From: Sincere Worship →