Arabic vocabulary
بَلَّrather in Arabic
بَلَّ is how you say “rather” in Arabic. Hear it pronounced and see it used in a real example sentence from classical texts below.
Example sentences
بَلَّ وَإِبْلِيسُ مُعْتَرِفٌ بِهَذِهِ الْحَقِيقَةِ وَأَهْلُ النَّارِ
Rather, Iblis and the people of the Fire acknowledge this reality.
بَلَّ — rather. A particle that corrects or overrides what came before, like 'rather' or 'on the contrary'. Its job is to cancel a prior assumption and replace it with the stronger claim that follows, redirecting the argument.
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