"إنما" meaning in Arabic

See إنما in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Particle

IPA: /ʔin.na.maː/ Forms: إِنَّمَا [canonical], ʔinnamā [romanization]
Etymology: إِنَّ (ʔinna) + مَا (mā). Etymology templates: {{af|ar|إِنَّ|مَا}} إِنَّ (ʔinna) + مَا (mā) Head templates: {{ar-con|إِنَّمَا}} إِنَّمَا • (ʔinnamā)
  1. only
    Sense id: en-إنما-ar-particle--QWxlULt Categories (other): Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 48 52 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 52 48
  2. but rather
    Sense id: en-إنما-ar-particle-5nGjxJFj Categories (other): Arabic entries with incorrect language header, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries Disambiguation of Arabic entries with incorrect language header: 35 65 Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 48 52 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 52 48
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          "english": "Say, \"I am only a man like you, to whom has been revealed that your god is one God.",
          "ref": "609–632 CE, Qur'an, 18:110:",
          "roman": "qul ʔinnamā ʔanā bašarun miṯlukum yūḥā ʔilayya ʔannamā ʔilāhukum ʔilāhun wāḥidun",
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