Arabic vocabulary
لِغَيْرِfor other than in Arabic
لِغَيْرِ is how you say “for other than” in Arabic. Hear it pronounced and see it used in a real example sentence from classical texts below.
Example sentences
وَكُلُّ مَا أَحَبَّ لِغَيْرِ اللَّهِ فَمَحَبَّتُهُ فَاسِدَةٌ
And whatever one loves for reasons other than God, that love is corrupt.
لِغَيْرِ — for other than. The li- here marks the reason or aim of the loving and governs the noun 'other-than' into the genitive. That noun sets up exclusion, 'for the sake of something other than'. Together they name love directed at any aim besides the one to come.
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