o Beginning is with Allah's personal name Ar'Reh'maan Who is The Fountain of Infinite Mercy. |
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a) Total occurrences: 33 b) No of constructions: 2
This is the only Particle of Restriction, coined for the censor of
speaker and his determent regarding that which he had spoken. It occurs
34 times in the Grand Qur'aan. Particle denoting turning away from or dismissing what precedes it and retrieving or confirming what follows. Since it is used in argumentative contexts in which ideas are subtly compared and set in contrast the exact meanings of particular occurrences of it are often difficult to pinpoint. Broadly speaking it functions in three ways; (1) negating or rejecting what precedes and confirming what follows "not that but this", "on the contrary"-21:62-63; (2) setting into contrast or comparing what precedes and what follows, "but, indeed, alas"; affirming what precedes and adding to it what follows, "not only that but also"-21:5 [this does not seem correct understanding]
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