Arabic vocabulary
إلَّاexcept
How to say “except” in Arabic, with pronunciation and an example from OpenArabic texts.
Example sentences
والأفضلُ أن تجمعَ اللفظَ والحضور تردِّد لا إلهَ إلا الله وأنت تفكّ قيودَ قلبِك من كلِّ معبودٍ باطلٍ صورة، مال، هوى
And it is better to combine the utterance and presence: you repeat 'None is worthy of worship except Allah' while freeing your heart from all false gods: images, wealth, desires.
إِلَّا — except. 'except' — the counterpart to 'la', cutting the sole exception out of the blanket denial: 'no god at all EXCEPT...'.
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