مهما

• IPA^(key): /mah.maː/

مَهْمَا • (mahmā) m

1. (conditional) whatever, no matter what often followed by a past tense or jussive verb
   • 609–632 CE, Qur'an, 7:132:

     ‏وَقَالُوا مَهْمَا تَأْتِنَا بِهِ مِنْ آيَةٍ لِتَسْحَرَنَا بِهَا فَمَا نَحْنُ لَكَ بِمُؤْمِنِين‎

     waqālū mahmā taʾtinā bihi min ʾāyatin litasḥaranā bihā famā naḥnu laka bimuʾminīn

     English - Mohsin Khan/Taqi-ud-Din al-Hilali: They said [to Musa (Moses)]: "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 / ʿind al-miḥan / ḍāʿa l-ʾamal / lā tatafarraqū ʾabadan / bali jʿalū mina ṣ-ṣiʿābi ḥablan / yajmaʿu šamlakum / wayuqawwī mā baynakum

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