Arabic vocabulary
How to say “except” in Arabic, with pronunciation and an example from OpenArabic texts.
وجميعها مصنوعة فلا يغرر بعضها بالا ذا،
And all of them are created, so none of them should deceive you except through Him.
بِإِلَّا — except. This is bi- fused with an exception word, marking what is set apart, 'except by'. The bi- governs what follows into the post-preposition form and frames the only allowance against the broad denial just made.
From: Signs of God's Transcendence →OpenArabic teaches words like بِإِلَّا through real bilingual reading with native audio and spaced-repetition practice.
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