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لَكِنّ but in Arabic

لَكِنّ is how you say “but” in Arabic.

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Example sentence

وَلَكِن الشَّأْن فِي عمرك وَهُوَ وقتك الَّذِي بَين الْوَقْتَيْنِ

But the matter is in your life, which is your present time between the two periods.

وَلَكِنَّ but indeed

This 'but' is the heavier kind that, like the emphatic 'inna', forces its following subject into the accusative. It pivots the argument: not the past or future, 'but' the present is where the matter lies.

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