وَهُوَwhile he was

Example sentences

• يَطُوفُ بِهَا حَوْلَ الْبَيْتِ وَهُوَ يَقُولُ

  He walks around the house with her, saying

  وَهُوَ — and he. The wa- here is the 'while' connector, opening a side-clause that runs alongside the circling, and it carries the 'he' pronoun, so it begins 'while he...'. This 'while...' framing is how Arabic marks the saying as happening during the going-around. It leads into the verse he recites.

  From: Honoring Parents →

• الَّتِي فِيهَا إِبْنُ صَيَّادٍ وَهُوَ يَخْتِلُ

  in which Ibn Sayyad was present and he was strutting.

  وَهُوَ — and he. A standalone 'he' pronoun prefixed with wa-, where the wa- introduces a side-description running alongside the main action. This 'wa- plus pronoun' opening is Arabic's standard way of setting up a 'while he was...' clause that paints the surrounding circumstance.

  From: A Night with the Companions →

• فَقَالَ الآخَرُ لَكِنِّي مَعَ رَجُلٍ إِنْ أَكَلَ لَمْ يَسْمِ اللَّهَ فَأَكَلْتُ أَنَا وَهُوَ جَمِيعًا

  The other said, 'But I am with a man; if he eats without saying the name of God, then I and he eat together.'

  وَهُوَ — and he. The 'wa-' joins a second doer, and the rest is the standalone pronoun 'he', pairing speaker and man as joint eaters. The conjunction links the two subjects of the shared meal.

  From: Staying Firm in Faith →

• أَنَّهُ لَيْسَ أَحَدٌ مِنَ النَّاسِ إِلَّا وَهُوَ أَحْمَقُ فِيمَا بَيْنَهُ وَبَيْنَ اللَّهِ عَزَّ وَجَلَّ،

  There is no one among people who is not foolish about what lies between him and God, the Exalted and Majestic.

  وَهُوَ — and he. The wa- here is circumstantial, opening a state-describing clause ('while he is...') rather than adding an item; the standalone 'he' that follows is its subject. So this cluster sets the scene defining the exception: everyone, while being foolish in a certain respect. It restarts the clause with an explicit pronoun.

  From: On Foolishness and Wisdom →