LessonsQasr by Coordination, Negation–Exception, and InnamāQuiz

إِنَّمَا الْمُؤْمِنُونَ إِخْوَةٌ
The believers are but brothers.

Innamā often communicates a restriction comparable in sense to negation plus exception, without spelling out both parts. Scope must still be determined from word order, grammatical structure, and context.

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Restrictive force of innamā

Qasr by Coordination, Negation–Exception, and Innamā

إِنَّمَا الْمُؤْمِنُونَ إِخْوَةٌ
The believers are but brothers.

Innamā often communicates a restriction comparable in sense to negation plus exception, without spelling out both parts. Scope must still be determined from word order, grammatical structure, and context.