Top 20 *Must-Know* Arabic Adverbs of Time

How do you say in Arabic “today“, “tomorrow“, “tonight“, “sometimes“, “now“, “never“, “forever“, etc.?

If you want to be really fluent in Arabic, then there’s no question about it my friend:

You absolutely should learn عن ظهــــــــــر قـــــلــب (by heart) the following “Must-Know” Arabic adverbs of time!

Every فِعْــــــــــل (verb) must occur in a given زَمَــــــــــــــــان (time) and a given مَكَـــــــــــــــــان (place) .

Take the following question for example:

“هل زُرت بُرج الخَلِيــــــــــــــــفَةِ مُـــؤَخَّــــــــــــرًا ؟”
(“Have you visited Burj Al-Khalifa lately?”)

By saying “مُـــؤَخَّــــــــــــرًا” (“recently”) at the end of the sentence, you specify exactly the time frame during which you want to know whether someone has paid a visit to the famous Dubai building.

This diagram shows some Arabic Adverbs of Time (right column) and Space (left column)

Top 20 “Must-Know” ظروف الزَّمـــــــــــــان (Arabic Adverbs of Time):

• الْيَــــــــــــــوْم (al-yawm) : Today
• أَمْــــــــــــس  (Ams) : Yesterday
• غَـــــــــدًا (Ghadan) : Tomorrow
• بعــــــــد غد (Ba’da ghad) The day after tomorrow
• أول أمــــــــــس (Awal ams) The day before yesterday
• الْآَن (Al-an) : Now
• فِيْــــــــــمَا بَعْـــــــــد (Fima ba’d) Later
• فـــــــــــوراً / على الفور (Fawran/’Ala al fawr) : Immediately / at once
• اللَّيــــــــــــــــلة (Al-layla) Tonight
• صَبَــــــــــــاحًا (Sabahan) In the morning
• عَشِيَّـــــــــــةً (‘Achiyatan) In the afternoon
• مَسَـــــــــــــــــــاءًا (Massa-an) In the evening
• سَــــــابِـــــــقَــــــا (Sabiqan) Already
• مُـــؤَخَّــــــــــــرًا (Mu-akharan) Recently
• قَرِيْـــــــــــــــبًا  (Qariban) Soon
• مَــــــــــازال (Mazal) Still
• ليـــــــــس بعد (Laysa ba’d) Not yet
• لَحْظَـــــــــــــةً (Lahdha) A Moment
• أبــــــــــدَا (Abadan) Never
• الى الأبــــــد (Ila al abad) Forever

The Lion of Hadith by The Albaani Blog

أَسَدُ الْحَدِيْثِ و شَيْخُهُ وإِمَاْمُهُ          حَبْرُ الْفَوَائِدِ مَنْبَعُ الْحَسَنَاتِنَصَرَ الْكِتَابَ مَعَ الْحَدِيْثِ و حَبَّذَا     مِنْ نَاصِرٍ لِلْدِّيْنِ والْآيَاتِ

The Lion of Hadith, it’s Shaikh and Imaam,
A scholar of benefits, a source of good!

He aided the Book and Hadith and how excellent–
An aid to the religion and verses he was!

Al-Imaam al-Albaani of Bayyoomi, p. 287, verses composed by Khaalid Jum'ah al-Kharraaz.

 

Assalamu Alaikum warahmathullaahi wabarakathuhu 

Dear Brothers,

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If Allah wanted goodness for a servant...

Ibn Al-Qayyim (رحمه الله) said:

"If Allah wanted goodness for a servant He opens for him doors of remorse, repentance, du`aa and good deeds." 

Al-Waabil As-Sayyib

Tired of the Constant Fitnah

A lecture given by Ash-Shaykh Al-Allaamah Saalih ibn Sa’d As-Suhaymee (حفظه الله) concerning the constant Fitnah amongst those who ascribe to Salafiyyah.

Click here: The Muslims are Tired

Please note: A full audio translation follows directly after the Shaykh’s advice.

Except from above...

Qataadah (رحمه الله) said:

"Shaytan has come to you, O son of Adam, from all directions, except from above. So he could never stand in your way to achieving the Mercy of Allah."

Waswasah by Ibn Al-Qayyim (رحمه الله)

Shaikh Hammaad al-Ansaaree’s encounter with Maududi

I visited Maududi (Abul-A’laa Al-Maududi) along with some brothers during the course of his stay in Riyadh and he was in the hotel ‘bat-haa’ so we entered upon him and he was praying the ‘Asr prayer, so I began observing his prayer. So when he finished I said to him:

‘This prayer of yours needs reviewing, for you do not raise your hands, nor do you relax (be at ease) and other than that’

So he said: ‘I am Hanafee in Madhhab’.

So I said to him: ‘this is more overwhelming than the first; since it is impermissible for you to say that, and you are above such a statement. We had come to think from your writings that you are a free-thinker[1], but it has become apparent to us that you are a constricted thinker.’ Then I said to him: ‘indeed Imaam Aboo Haneefah is the one that you blindly follow; yet who are the ones that Imaam Aboo Haneefah blindly followed?’

He remained silent, and Allaah’s Aid is sought.
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[1] See the book; The Methodology of the Prophets in calling to Allaah by Shaikh Rabee’ bin Haadee page: 157 onwards for detail of this. [Translators note]

Shaykh Hammaad al-Ansaaree
Majmoo’ fee tarjumah Hamaad Al-Ansaaree volume 2 page 604
Translated by Aboo Haatim Muhammad Farooq

Internet Source : FatwaIslam.com

Shaykh Rabee’s closing comments in his book ‘The Methodology of the the Prophets’ regarding Maududi by AbdurRahman.org

At the end of the book authored over 15 years ago, "The methodology of the Prophets in Calling to Allah that is the way of wisdom and intelligence", authored by the noble Shaykh, The Imam, Al-Allaamah Rabee ibn Haadee Al-Madhkalee - and none belittles him nor mocks him except a foolish ignoramous, person of bid'ah, he said:

"Then finally, the points of criticism of Al-Maududi and his likes are so many that this introduction is not the place for them. But in summary, he is one furthest from abiding by the Sovereignty of Allah with regards to his Aqeedah and his Fiqh, and with regards to his stance on the Sunnah of the the Messenger of Allah, sallallahu alayhi wa sallam, and his stance with regards to the companions of the Messenger of Allah, sallallahu alayhi wa sallam and with regards to their enemies the Raafidee Shee'ah.

Indeed he and his followers have alliance and friendship with those Raafidees, they support them and they praise their Taaghoot, Al-Khomeini and his students, the Ayaatur-Raafidiyyah.

 So noble reader be aware of this and judge the people according to the truth and do not judge the truth according to its people and beware of falling into the abyss of over-exaggerated respect for personalities so that it leads you to reject the truth and to argue with its people.

May Allah guide and grant the ummah to loving the truth and its people. Indeed my Lord hears and responds to supplications"

Written by:
Rabee' ibn Haadee al-Madkhalee
13/6/1413

Will Allah Punish Me for Praying?

Imām Sa’īd b. Al-Musayyib – Allāh have mercy on him – once saw a man praying more than two rak’ah after sunrise, making many bows and prostrations, and so he forbade him. The man said, “O Abu Muhammad, is Allāh going to punish me for praying?” Sa’īd said, “No, but He will punish you for contradicting the Sunnah.”

Al-Bayhaqī, As-Sunan Al-Kubraa 2:466. graded sahīh by Shaykh Al-Albānī. See Irwā Al-Ghalīl 2:236.

Shaykh Al-Albānī writes:

This is one of the superb answers given by Sa’īd b. Al-Musayyib - Allāh have mercy on him. It is a strong weapon against heretics (mubtadi’ah) who recommend many different types of religious innovation in the name of them being dhikr and prayer. They then criticize the followers of the Sunnah for criticizing them, and accuse them of censuring dhikr and prayer, when in fact [Ahl Al-Sunnah] are only criticizing the contravention of the Sunnah in matters such as dhikr and prayer.