بَيْنَمَا while in Arabic
بَيْنَمَا is how you say “while” in Arabic.
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Example sentence
فبينا عمر في نفر من المسلمين يتحدثون عن يوم بدر،
While Umar was among a group of Muslims discussing the Day of Badr,
فَبَيْنَمَا so while
fa- = 'so, then'; baynama = 'while, as' — together 'so while', setting the background scene.
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More example sentences
قَالَتْ بَيْنَمَا أَنَا مَعَ عَائِشَةِ جَالِسَتَانِ،
She said, "While I was sitting with Aisha,"
بَيْنَمَا while
This 'while' is built from 'between' plus a 'what', and it sets up a background time-frame: 'while X was going on, Y happened'. Its job is to frame the ongoing scene against which the next, sudden event will be set.
فَبَيْنَمَا هُوَ كَذَلِكَ
While he was like that.
فَبَينَما while
Here a 'fa-' is fused to a compound time-word meaning 'while / just as', which sets up two events happening at the same time. The 'fa-' threads it into the narrative, and the word itself frames a 'while he was thus, suddenly...' structure resolved by the next sentence.
بَيْنَمَا نَحْنُ جُلُوسٌ عِنْدَ رَسُولِ اللَّهِ صلى الله عليه و سلم ذَاتَ يَوْمٍ، إذْ طَلَعَ عَلَيْنَا رَجُلٌ شَدِيدُ بَيَاضِ الثِّيَابِ،
While we were sitting in the presence of the Messenger of God, may God bless him and grant him peace, one day a man with very white clothes appeared to us.
بَيْنَمَا while
A time-connector, 'while', that frames a background scene against which a sudden event will break in. It sets up 'while we were sitting...', the calm setting before the stranger appears.