إنما

See also: أنما

Arabic

Etymology

إِنَّ (ʔinna) +‎ مَا (mā).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ʔin.na.maː/

Particle

إِنَّمَا • (ʔinnamā)

1. only
   • 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)

2. but rather