إلّاexcept in Arabic

Example sentences

• 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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