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Arabic
Etymology
كَأَنَّ (kaʔanna) + مَا (mā).
Conjunction
كَأَنَّمَا • (kaʔannamā)
- as if, as though
609–632 CE, Qur'an, 5:32:[…] مَنْ قَتَلَ نَفْسًا بِغَيْرِ نَفْسٍ أَوْ فَسَادٍ فِي ٱلْأَرْضِ فَكَأَنَّمَا قَتَلَ ٱلنَّاسَ جَمِيعًا وَمَنْ أَحْيَاهَا فَكَأَنَّمَا أَحْيَا ٱلنَّاسَ جَمِيعًا […]- […] man qatala nafsan biḡayri nafsin ʔaw fasādin fī l-ʔarḍi fa-kaʔannamā qatala n-nāsa jamīʕan wa-man ʔaḥyāhā fa-kaʔannamā ʔaḥyā n-nāsa jamīʕan […]
- ...whoever kills a soul unless for a soul or for corruption done in the land – it is as if he had slain mankind entirely. And whoever saves one – it is as if he had saved mankind entirely...