بِسَوَاءٍwith equal measure

Example sentences

• سَوَاءُ بِسَوَاءٍ فَمِنَ النَّاسِ مَنْ يَدْخُلُ الْجَنَّةَ وَلَا يَدْخُلُ النَّارَ

  It is all the same: among people are those who enter Paradise and do not enter the Fire.

  بِسَوَاءٍ — with equal measure. The preposition 'bi-' on a repeat of 'equal', forming a set phrase 'equal with equal', i.e. perfectly even. The 'bi-' here links the two halves into an idiom of exact equivalence and puts its noun in the genitive.

  From: Staying Firm in Faith →