سَوَاء whether in Arabic
سَوَاء is how you say “whether” in Arabic.
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Example sentence
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.
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More example sentences
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.