أي ما

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Arabic

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Pronoun

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أَيٌّ مَا or أَيًّا مَا or أَيٍّ مَا or أَيُّمَا or أَيَّمَا or أَيِّمَا (ʔayyun mā or ʔayyan mā or ʔayyin mā or ʔayyumā or ʔayyamā or ʔayyimā?

  1. (conditional) whichever, whichsoever
    • 609–632 CE, Qur'an, 17:110:
      أَیࣰّا مَّا تَدۡعُوا۟ فَلَهُ ٱلۡأَسۡمَاۤءُ ٱلۡحُسۡنَىٰ
      ʔayyan mā tadʕū fa-lahu l-ʔasmāʔu l-ḥusnā
      [... by] whatever [name] you call upon [Him], to Him belong the best names.
    • 609–632 CE, Qur'an, 28:28:
      أَيَّمَا الْأَجَلَيْنِ قَضَيْتُ فَلَا عُدْوَانَ عَلَيَّ
      ʔayyamā al-ʔajalayni qaḍaytu fa-lā ʕudwāna ʕalayya
      (please add an English translation of this quotation)

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