بل و

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Arabic

Conjunction

بَلْ وَ (bal wa)

  1. moreover, furthermore, not only … but also
    • 1377, Ibn Khaldun, “علم أسرار الحروف” (chapter 29), in مقدمة ابن خلدون:
      وقد يمزج صاحب الأسماء قوى الكلمات والأسماء بقوى الكواكب، فيعيّن لذكر الأسماء الحسنى، أو ما يرسم من أوفاقها، بل ولسائر الأسماء، أوقاتا تكون من حظوظ الكواكب الّذي يناسب ذلك الاسم، كما فعله البونيّ في كتابه الّذي سمّاه الأنماط.
      The person who works with words may mingle the powers of expressions and words with the powers of the stars. He may then set certain times for mentioning the beautiful names of God or the magic squares composed of them or, indeed, any word. These times must be under the propitious influence of the star that is related to a particular word. That was done, for instance, by al-Buni in his book entitled al-Anmat
      Translated by Franz Rosenthal