مهما

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Arabic

Pronunciation

Pronoun

مَهْمَا (mahmām

  1. (conditional) whatever, no matter what often followed by a past tense or jussive verb
    مَهْمَا يَكُنِ ٱلْأَمْرُ
    mahmā yakuni l-ʔamru
    be it as it may
    • 6th century, Imru' al-Qais, أفاطم مهلا:
      أَغَرَّكِ مِنِّي أَنَّ حُبَّكِ قَاتِلِي
      وَأَنَّكِ مَهْمَا تَأْمُرِي القَلْبَ يَفْعَلِ
      ʔaḡarraki minnī ʔanna ḥubbaki qātilī
      waʔannaki mahmā taʔmurī l-qalba yafʕali
      Has it deceived you that my love for you is killing me,
      and that no matter what you order, my heart obeys?
    • 609–632 CE, Qur'an, 7:132:
      وَقَالُوا مَهْمَا تَأْتِنَا بِهِ مِنْ آيَةٍ لِتَسْحَرَنَا بِهَا فَمَا نَحْنُ لَكَ بِمُؤْمِنِين
      waqālū mahmā taʔtinā bihi min ʔāyatin litasḥaranā bihā famā naḥnu laka bimuʔminīn
      English - Mohsin Khan/Taqi-ud-Din al-Hilali: They said : "Whatever Ayat (proofs, evidences, verses, lessons, signs, revelations, etc.) you may bring to us, to work therewith your sorcery on us, we shall never believe in you."
    • 2012, “Jewelpet”‎performed by Rasha Rizk:
      لَا تَقُولُوا مَهْمَا يَكُنْ / عِنْد الْمِحَن / ضَاعَ الْأَمَل / لَا تَتَفَرَّقُوا أَبَدًا / بَلِ ٱجْعَلُوا مِنَ الصِّعَابِ حَبْلًا / يَجْمَعُ شَمْلَكُمْ / وَيُقَوِّي مَا بَيْنَكُمْ
      lā taqūlū mahmā yakun / ʕind al-miḥan / ḍāʕa l-ʔamal / lā tatafarraqū ʔabadan / bali jʕalū mina ṣ-ṣiʕābi ḥablan / yajmaʕu šamlakum / wayuqawwī mā baynakum
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