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Arabic
Conjunction
اَللّٰهُمَّ إِلَّا • (allāhumma ʔillā)
- 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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