كأنما

كَأَنَّ‎ (kaʾanna) +‎ مَا‎ (mā).

كَأَنَّمَا • (kaʾannamā)

1. 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 ʾaw fasādin fī l-ʾarḍi fa-kaʾannamā qatala n-nāsa jamīʿan wa-man ʾaḥyāhā fa-kaʾannamā ʾaḥyā n-nāsa jamīʿan […]

     ...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...