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Arabic
Etymology
إِنَّ (ʔinna) + مَا (mā).
Pronunciation
Particle
إِنَّمَا • (ʔinnamā)
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609–632 CE, Qur'an, 18:110:قُلْ إِنَّمَا أَنَا بَشَرٌ مِثْلُكُمْ يُوحَى إِلَيَّ أَنَّمَا إِلٰهُكُمْ إِلٰهٌ وَاحِدٌ- qul ʔinnamā ʔanā bašarun miṯlukum yūḥā ʔilayya ʔannamā ʔilāhukum ʔilāhun wāḥidun
- Say, "I am only a man like you, to whom has been revealed that your god is one God.
- (Can we date this quote?) Ahmad Shawqi
وَإِنَّمَا ٱلْأُمَمُ ٱلْأَخْلَاقُ مَا بَقِيَتْ / فَإِنْ هُمُ ذَهَبَتْ أَخْلَاقُهُمْ ذَهَبُوا- waʔinnamā l-ʔumamu l-ʔaḵlāqu mā baqiyat / faʔin humu ḏahabat ʔaḵlāquhum ḏahabū
- (please add an English translation of this quotation)
- but rather