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إلّا except in Arabic

إلّا is how you say “except” in Arabic.

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Example sentence

وبأن القراء لا يحفظون إلا شواذ القراءة

and that the reciters do not preserve except the rare readings.

إِلَّا except

This exceptive particle carves out the sole exception from the preceding negation, giving 'except'. It depends on the earlier 'not', and together they restrict what the reciters preserve to one thing.

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