اللهم إلا

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Arabic

Conjunction

اَللّٰهُمَّ إِلَّا (allāhumma ʔillā)

  1. Used to emphasize that the excepted thing is rare
    • a. 1262, كَمَال الدِّين اِبْن الْعَدِيم [kamāl ad-dīn ibn al-ʕadīm], edited by سُهَيْل زَكَّار, بُغْيَة الطَّلَب فِي تَارِيخ حَلَب [buḡya(t) aṭ-ṭalab fī tārīḵ ḥalab], volume 1, دَار اَلْفِكْر [dār al-fikr], page 363:
      وَهٰذَا غَيْرُ جَائِزٍ وَلَا مُمْكِنٍ، اللّٰهُمَّ إِلَّا أَنْ يُقَالَ، هُوْ سَاقَ مَاءَ هٰذِهِ الْأَنْهَارِ إِلَى أَرَاضِي الْبِلَادِ فَٱسْتَعْمَرَهَا، وَٱسْتَنْزَلَهَا وَحَفَرَ الْأَنْهَارَ مِنْهَا، وَٱللّٰهُ سُبْحَانَهُ أَعْلَمُ
      wahāḏā ḡayru jāʔizin walā mumkinin, allāhumma ʔillā ʔan yuqāla, huw sāqa māʔa hāḏihi l-ʔanhāri ʔilā ʔarāḍī l-bilādi fastaʕmarahā, wastanzalahā waḥafara l-ʔanhāra minhā, wal-lāhu subḥānahu ʔaʕlamu
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