بَلَّon the contrary

Example sentences

• بَلَّ أَوْلَاءُ أَعْذَرُ بِالْجَهَالَةِ

  On the contrary, those are more excusable because of ignorance.

  بَلَّ — on the contrary. A corrective particle, 'rather / on the contrary', that cancels the previous assessment and substitutes a new one. Its job is to pivot the argument: it sets aside what was just said and turns the verdict the other way, toward excusing these people.

  From: Humility Over Fame →

• بَلَّ يُعَمِّمُ نَفْعَهَا،

  Rather, it makes its benefit widespread.

  بَلَّ — rather. A correction particle that cancels what came just before and substitutes a stronger claim — not merely 'but', it sweeps the earlier statement aside and replaces it. It opens the sentence to signal that the real point is the upgrade that follows, not the thing being corrected.

  From: A Life of Reading and Writing →

• بَلَّ يَجْرُونَ عَلَى عَادَاتِهِمْ كَالْبَهَائِمِ،

  Rather, they follow their customs like cattle.

  بَلَّ — rather. A correction particle, 'rather/on the contrary', whose job is to cancel or override the expectation set up before it and steer the sentence toward the truer picture. It is a discourse pivot, not a noun or verb, signalling that what comes next replaces or sharpens the earlier statement.

  From: Preparing for Death and Repentance →