بلrather/as well as in Arabic

Example sentences

• وأمثال ذَلِك مِمَّا اسْتعْمل فِيهِ لفظ الْكَلِمَة من الْكتاب وَالسّنة بل وَسَائِر كَلَام الْعَرَب فَإِنَّمَا يُرَاد بِهِ الْجُمْلَة التَّامَّة

  And the likes of that from the usage of the term (the word) in the Book and the Sunnah, as well as the rest of Arab speech, for it indeed means the complete sentence.

  بَلْ — as well as. 'bal' — the 'rather, indeed even' that escalates: it pushes the claim further, beyond Book and Sunna to all Arabic. Here additive rather than corrective.

  From: The Declaration of Faith →

• كما يقال ماء جار ورجل ميت وإن لم يفعل الموت بل لما قام به من الموت نسب إليه على جهة الفعل

  Just as it is said, 'flowing water' and 'a dead man,' even if he did not cause death but because death occurred in him, he is attributed as the doer of the action.

  بَلْ — but. A particle 'rather / but', used to correct or redirect: it cancels the prior idea and replaces it with what follows. Stronger than a plain 'but', it pivots to the real reason.

  From: Creating Life from Nothing →

• بَلْ لَوْ فَكَّرْتُمْ فِيمَا تُبْصِرُونَ وَمَا لَا تُبْصِرُونَ لَدَلَّكُمْ ذَلِكَ عَلَى أَنَّ الْقُرْآنَ حَقٌّ

  But if you considered what you see and what you do not see, that would guide you to the Quran's truth.

  بَلْ — but. A particle 'rather/but', used to correct or redirect the prior thought toward a stronger point. It signals that what follows surpasses or overrides what came before.

  From: Proofs of Scripture →

• بَلْ قِيلَ لِلصِّدِّيقِ وَقَدْ تَلَا آيَةً هَذَا كَلَامُكَ وَكَلَامُ صَاحِبِكَ؟

  Rather, it was said to the Truthful One as he recited a verse: 'Is this your word and the word of your companion?'

  بَلْ — Rather. A particle meaning 'rather/on the contrary', used to set aside the previous idea and introduce a corrective one. It does not negate so much as redirect, telling the listener the real point is what comes next.

  From: The Messenger as Conveyor of Revelation →