| Order | Occurrence | Arabic | Without diacritics | Pronunciation | Meaning | Root |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Al-Baqarah Verse 12 (2:12:5) | وَلٰكِنْ | ولكن | ve lâkin | [and] but | وَلٰكِن |
| Yusuf Ali (English) | Of a surety, they are the ones who make mischief, but they realise (it) not(35).* | |||||
| 2 | Al-Baqarah Verse 13 (2:13:17) | وَلٰكِنْ | ولكن | ve lâkin | [and] but | وَلٰكِن |
| Yusuf Ali (English) | When it is said to them: "Believe as the others believe:" They say: "Shall we believe as the fools believe?" Nay, of a surety they are the fools, but they do not know(36).* | |||||
| 3 | Al-Baqarah Verse 57 (2:57:15) | وَلٰكِنْ | ولكن | ve lâkin | but | وَلٰكِن |
| Yusuf Ali (English) | And We gave you the shade of clouds and sent down to you Manna(71) and quails, saying: "Eat of the good things We have provided for you:" (But they rebelled); to us they did no harm, but they harmed their own souls.* | |||||
| 4 | Al-Baqarah Verse 102 (2:102:11) | وَلٰكِنَّ | ولكن | ve lâkinne | [and] but | وَلٰكِن |
| Yusuf Ali (English) | They followed what the evil ones(103) gave out (falsely) against the power of Solomon: the blasphemers Were, not Solomon, but the evil ones, teaching men Magic, and such things as came down at babylon to the angels Harut and Marut(104). But neither of these taught anyone (Such things) without saying: "We are only for trial; so do not blaspheme." They learned from them(105) the means to sow discord between man and wife. But they could not thus harm anyone except by Allah.s permission. And they learned what harmed them, not what profited them. And they knew that the buyers of (magic) would have no share in the happiness of the Hereafter. And vile was the price for which they did sell their souls, if they but knew!* | |||||
| 5 | Al-Baqarah Verse 154 (2:154:11) | وَلٰكِنْ | ولكن | ve lâkin | [and] but | وَلٰكِن |
| Yusuf Ali (English) | And say not of those who are slain in the way(158) of Allah. "They are dead." Nay, they are living, though ye perceive (it) not.* | |||||
| 6 | Al-Baqarah Verse 177 (2:177:9) | وَلٰكِنَّ | ولكن | ve lâkinne | [and] but | وَلٰكِن |
| Yusuf Ali (English) | It is not righteousness that ye turn your faces Towards east or West; but it is righteousness(177)- to believe in Allah(178) and the Last Day, and the Angels, and the Book, and the Messengers; to spend of your substance(179), out of love for Him, for your kin, for orphans, for the needy, for the wayfarer, for those who ask, and for the ransom of slaves; to be steadfast in prayer(180), and practice regular charity; to fulfil the contracts which ye have made; and to be firm and patient(181), in pain (or suffering) and adversity, and throughout all periods of panic. Such are the people of truth, the Allah.fearing.* | |||||
| 7 | Al-Baqarah Verse 189 (2:189:16) | وَلٰكِنَّ | ولكن | ve lâkinne | [and] but | وَلٰكِن |
| Yusuf Ali (English) | They ask thee concerning the New Moons(202). Say: They are but signs to mark fixed periods of time in (the affairs of) men, and for Pilgrimage. It is no virtue if ye enter your houses from the back: It is virtue if ye fear Allah. Enter houses through the proper doors(203): And fear Allah. That ye may prosper.* | |||||
| 8 | Al-Baqarah Verse 225 (2:225:7) | وَلٰكِنْ | ولكن | ve lâkin | [and] but | وَلٰكِن |
| Yusuf Ali (English) | Allah will not call you to account for thoughtlessness in your oaths, but for the intention in your hearts(252); and He is Oft-forgiving, Most Forbearing.* | |||||
| 9 | Al-Baqarah Verse 235 (2:235:18) | وَلٰكِنْ | ولكن | ve lâkin | [and] but | وَلٰكِن |
| Yusuf Ali (English) | There is no blame on you if ye make an offer of betrothal or hold it in your hearts.(268) Allah knows that ye cherish them in your hearts: But do not make a secret contract with them except that you speak to them in terms honourable, nor resolve on the tie of marriage till the term prescribed is fulfilled. And know that Allah Knoweth what is in your hearts, and take heed of Him; and know that Allah is Oft-Forgiving, Most Forbearing.* | |||||
| 10 | Al-Baqarah Verse 243 (2:243:24) | وَلٰكِنَّ | ولكن | ve lâkinne | [and] but | وَلٰكِن |
| Yusuf Ali (English) | Didst thou not Turn by vision to those who abandoned their homes, though they were thousands (In number), for fear of death? Allah said to them: "Die": Then He restored them to life.(274) For Allah is full of bounty to mankind, but Most of them are ungrateful.* | |||||
| 11 | Al-Baqarah Verse 251 (2:251:22) | وَلٰكِنَّ | ولكن | ve lâkinne | [and] but | وَلٰكِن |
| Yusuf Ali (English) | By Allah.s will they routed them; and David(286) slew Goliath; and Allah gave him power and wisdom and taught him whatever (else) He willed(287). And did not Allah Check one set of people by means of another, the earth would indeed be full of mischief: But Allah is full of bounty to all the worlds(288).* | |||||
| 12 | Al-Baqarah Verse 253 (2:253:35) | وَلٰكِنِ | ولكن | ve lâkini | [And] but | وَلٰكِن |
| Yusuf Ali (English) | Those messengers We endowed with gifts, some above others(289): To one of them Allah spoke(290); others He raised to degrees (of honour)(291); to Jesus the son of Mary We gave clear (Signs)(292), and strengthened him with the holy spirit(292-A). If Allah had so willed, succeeding generations would not have fought among each other, after clear (Signs) had come to them, but they (chose) to wrangle, some believing and others rejecting. If Allah had so willed, they would not have fought each other; but Allah Fulfilleth His plan(293).* | |||||
| 13 | Al-Baqarah Verse 253 (2:253:48) | وَلٰكِنَّ | ولكن | ve lâkinne | [and] but | وَلٰكِن |
| Yusuf Ali (English) | Those messengers We endowed with gifts, some above others(289): To one of them Allah spoke(290); others He raised to degrees (of honour)(291); to Jesus the son of Mary We gave clear (Signs)(292), and strengthened him with the holy spirit(292-A). If Allah had so willed, succeeding generations would not have fought among each other, after clear (Signs) had come to them, but they (chose) to wrangle, some believing and others rejecting. If Allah had so willed, they would not have fought each other; but Allah Fulfilleth His plan(293).* | |||||
| 14 | Al-Baqarah Verse 260 (2:260:14) | وَلٰكِنْ | ولكن | ve lâkin | [and] but | وَلٰكِن |
| Yusuf Ali (English) | Behold! Abraham said: "My Lord! Show me how Thou givest life to the dead(306)." He said: "Dost thou not then believe?" He said: "Yea! but to satisfy My own understanding(307)." He said: "Take four birds; Tame them to turn to thee; put a portion(308) of them on every hill and call to them: They will come to thee (Flying) with speed. Then know that Allah is Exalted in Power, Wise."* | |||||
| 15 | Al-Baqarah Verse 272 (2:272:4) | وَلٰكِنَّ | ولكن | ve lâkinne | [and] but | وَلٰكِن |
| Yusuf Ali (English) | It is not required of thee (O Messenger., to set them on the right path(320), but Allah sets on the right path whom He pleaseth. Whatever of good ye give benefits your own souls, and ye shall only do so seeking the "Face(321)" of Allah. Whatever good ye give, shall be rendered back to you, and ye shall not Be dealt with unjustly.* | |||||
| 16 | Ali 'Imran Verse 67 (3:67:7) | وَلٰكِنْ | ولكن | ve lâkin | but | وَلٰكِن |
| Yusuf Ali (English) | Abraham was not a Jew nor yet a Christian; but he was true in Faith, and bowed his will to Allah.s (Which is Islam), and he joined not gods with Allah(404).* | |||||
| 17 | Ali 'Imran Verse 79 (3:79:19) | وَلٰكِنْ | ولكن | ve lâkin | but | وَلٰكِن |
| Yusuf Ali (English) | It is not (possible) that a man, to whom is given the Book, and Wisdom, and the prophetic office, should say to people: "Be ye my worshippers rather than Allah's(414)": on the contrary (He would say) "Be ye worshippers of Him Who is truly the Cherisher of all: For ye have taught the Book and ye have studied it earnestly."* | |||||
| 18 | Ali 'Imran Verse 117 (3:117:21) | وَلٰكِنْ | ولكن | ve lâkin | [and] but | وَلٰكِن |
| Yusuf Ali (English) | What they spend in the life of this (material) world May be likened to a wind which brings a nipping frost: It strikes and destroys the harvest of men who have wronged their own souls: it is not Allah that hath wronged them, but they wrong themselves.(439)* | |||||
| 19 | Ali 'Imran Verse 179 (3:179:21) | وَلٰكِنَّ | ولكن | ve lâkinne | [and] but | وَلٰكِن |
| Yusuf Ali (English) | Allah will not leave the believers in the state in which ye are now, until He separates what is evil from what is good(481) nor will He disclose to you the secrets of the Unseen(482). But He chooses of His Messenger. (For the purpose) whom He pleases. So believe in Allah. And His messengers: And if ye believe and do right, ye have a reward without measure.* | |||||
| 20 | An-Nisa Verse 46 (4:46:31) | وَلٰكِنْ | ولكن | ve lâkin | [and] but | وَلٰكِن |
| Yusuf Ali (English) | Of the Jews there are those who displace words from their (right) places, and say: "We hear and we disobey";(565) and "Hear what is not Heard"; and "Ra´ina";(566) with a twist of their tongues and a slander to Faith. If only they had said: "We hear and we obey"; and "Do hear"; and "Do look at us"; it would have been better for them, and more proper; but Allah hath cursed them for their Unbelief; and but few of them will believe.* | |||||
| 21 | An-Nisa Verse 157 (4:157:14) | وَلٰكِنْ | ولكن | ve lâkin | but | وَلٰكِن |
| Yusuf Ali (English) | That they said (in boast), "We killed Christ Jesus the son of Mary, the Messenger of Allah.;- but they killed him not, nor crucified him,(663) but so it was made to appear to them, and those who differ therein are full of doubts, with no (certain) knowledge, but only conjecture to follow, for of a surety they killed him not:-* | |||||
| 22 | Al-Ma'idah Verse 6 (5:6:55) | وَلٰكِنْ | ولكن | ve lâkin | but | وَلٰكِن |
| Yusuf Ali (English) | O ye who believe! when(702) ye prepare for prayer, wash your faces, and your hands (and arms) to the elbows; Rub your heads (with water); and (wash) your feet to the ankles. If ye are in a state of ceremonial impurity,(703) bathe your whole body. But if ye are ill, or on a journey, or one of you cometh from offices of nature, or ye have been in contact with women, and ye find no water, then take for yourselves clean sand or earth,(704) and rub therewith your faces and hands, Allah doth not wish to place you in a difficulty, but to make you clean, and to complete his favour to you, that ye may be grateful.* | |||||
| 23 | Al-Ma'idah Verse 48 (5:48:36) | وَلٰكِنْ | ولكن | ve lâkin | [and] but | وَلٰكِن |
| Yusuf Ali (English) | To thee We sent the Scripture in truth, confirming the scripture that came before it, and guarding it(759) in safety: so judge between them by what Allah hath revealed, and follow not their vain desires, diverging from the Truth that hath come to thee. To each among you have we prescribed a law and an open way.(760) If Allah had so willed, He would have made you(761) a single people, but (His plan is) to test you in what He hath given you: so strive as in a race in all virtues. The goal of you all is to Allah. it is He that will show you the truth of the matters in which ye dispute;(762)* | |||||
| 24 | Al-Ma'idah Verse 81 (5:81:12) | وَلٰكِنَّ | ولكن | ve lâkinne | [and] but | وَلٰكِن |
| Yusuf Ali (English) | If only they had believed in Allah, in the Messenger, and in what hath been revealed to him, never would they have taken them for friends and protectors, but most of them are rebellious wrong-doers. | |||||
| 25 | Al-Ma'idah Verse 89 (5:89:7) | وَلٰكِنْ | ولكن | ve lâkin | but | وَلٰكِن |
| Yusuf Ali (English) | Allah will not call you to account for what is futile in your oaths,(792) but He will call you to account for your deliberate oaths: for expiation, feed ten indigent persons, on a scale of the average for the food of your families; or clothe them; or give a slave his freedom. If that is beyond your means, fast for three days. That is the expiation for the oaths ye have sworn. But keep to your oaths. Thus doth Allah make clear to you His signs, that ye may be grateful.* | |||||
| 26 | Al-Ma'idah Verse 103 (5:103:12) | وَلٰكِنَّ | ولكن | ve lâkinne | [And] but | وَلٰكِن |
| Yusuf Ali (English) | It was not Allah who instituted (superstitions(809) like those of) a slit-ear she- camel, or a she-camel let loose for free pasture, or idol sacrifices for twin-births in animals, or stallion-camels freed from work: It is blasphemers who invent a lie against Allah. but most of them lack wisdom.* | |||||
| 27 | Al-An'am Verse 33 (6:33:10) | وَلٰكِنَّ | ولكن | ve lâkinne | but | وَلٰكِن |
| Yusuf Ali (English) | We know indeed the grief which their words do cause thee: It is not thee they reject: it is the signs of Allah, which the wicked contemn. | |||||
| 28 | Al-An'am Verse 37 (6:37:16) | وَلٰكِنَّ | ولكن | ve lâkinne | but | وَلٰكِن |
| Yusuf Ali (English) | They say: "Why is not a sign sent down to him from his Lord?" Say: "(Allah) hath certainly power to send down a sign: but most of them understand not.(858)* | |||||
| 29 | Al-An'am Verse 43 (6:43:6) | وَلٰكِنْ | ولكن | ve lâkin | but | وَلٰكِن |
| Yusuf Ali (English) | When the suffering reached them from us, why then did they not learn humility?(861) On the contrary their hearts became hardened, and Satan made their (sinful) acts seem alluring to them.* | |||||
| 30 | Al-An'am Verse 69 (6:69:9) | وَلٰكِنْ | ولكن | ve lâkin | but | وَلٰكِن |
| Yusuf Ali (English) | On their account no responsibility falls on the righteous,(892) but (their duty) is to remind them, that they may (learn to) fear Allah.* | |||||
| 31 | Al-An'am Verse 111 (6:111:20) | وَلٰكِنَّ | ولكن | ve lâkinne | But | وَلٰكِن |
| Yusuf Ali (English) | Even if We did send unto them angels, and the dead did speak unto them, and We gathered together all things before(940) their very eyes, they are not the ones to believe, unless it is in Allah.s plan. But most of them ignore (the truth).* | |||||
| 32 | Al-A'raf Verse 38 (7:38:38) | وَلٰكِنْ | ولكن | ve lâkin | [and] but | وَلٰكِن |
| Yusuf Ali (English) | He will say: "Enter ye in the company of the peoples who passed away before you - men and jinns, - into the Fire." Every time a new people enters, it curses its sister-people (that went before), until they follow each other, all into the Fire. Saith the last about the first: "Our Lord! it is these that misled us: so give them a double penalty in the Fire." He will say: "Doubled(1019) for all" : but this ye do not understand.* | |||||
| 33 | Al-A'raf Verse 61 (7:61:7) | وَلٰكِنّ۪ي | ولكني | ve lâkinnî | but | وَلٰكِن |
| Yusuf Ali (English) | He said: "O my people! No wandering is there in my (mind): on the contrary I am a messenger from the Lord and Cherisher of the worlds! | |||||
| 34 | Al-A'raf Verse 67 (7:67:7) | وَلٰكِنّ۪ي | ولكني | ve lâkinnî | but | وَلٰكِن |
| Yusuf Ali (English) | He said: "O my people! I am no imbecile, but (I am) a messenger from the Lord and Cherisher of the worlds! | |||||
| 35 | Al-A'raf Verse 79 (7:79:12) | وَلٰكِنْ | ولكن | ve lâkin | but | وَلٰكِن |
| Yusuf Ali (English) | So Salih left them,(1048) saying: "O my people! I did indeed convey to you the message for which I was sent by my Lord: I gave you good counsel, but ye love not good counsellors!"* | |||||
| 36 | Al-A'raf Verse 96 (7:96:13) | وَلٰكِنْ | ولكن | ve lâkin | but | وَلٰكِن |
| Yusuf Ali (English) | If the people of the towns had but believed and feared Allah, We should indeed have opened out to them (All kinds of) blessings from heaven and earth; but they rejected (the truth), and We brought them to book for their misdeeds. | |||||
| 37 | Al-A'raf Verse 131 (7:131:19) | وَلٰكِنَّ | ولكن | ve lâkinne | but | وَلٰكِن |
| Yusuf Ali (English) | But when good (times) came, they said, "This is due to us;" When gripped by calamity, they ascribed it to evil omens connected with Moses and those with him! Behold! in truth the omens of evil are theirs(1088) in Allah.s sight, but most of them do not understand!* | |||||
| 38 | Al-A'raf Verse 143 (7:143:15) | وَلٰكِنِ | ولكن | ve lâkini | but | وَلٰكِن |
| Yusuf Ali (English) | When Moses came to the place appointed by Us, and his Lord addressed him, He said: "O my Lord! show (Thyself) to me, that I may look upon Thee."(1102) Allah said: "By no means canst thou see Me (direct); But look upon the mount; if it abide in its place, then shalt thou see Me."(1103) When his Lord manifested His glory on the Mount, He made it as dust. And Moses fell down in a swoon. When he recovered his senses he said: "Glory be to Thee! to Thee I turn in repentance, and I am the first to believe."(1104)* | |||||
| 39 | Al-A'raf Verse 160 (7:160:0) | وَلٰكِنْ | ولكن | ve lâkin | but | وَلٰكِن |
| Yusuf Ali (English) | We divided them into twelve tribes(1133) or nations. We directed Moses by inspiration, when his (thirsty) people asked him for water: "Strike the rock with thy staff": out of it there gushed forth twelve springs: Each group knew its own place for water. We gave them the shade of clouds, and sent down to them manna and quails, (saying): "Eat of the good things We have provided for you": (but they rebelled); to Us they did no harm, but they harmed their own souls.(1134)* | |||||
| 40 | Al-A'raf Verse 176 (7:176:0) | وَلٰكِنَّهُٓ | ولكنه | ve lâkinnehu | [and] but he | وَلٰكِن |
| Yusuf Ali (English) | If it had been Our will, We should have elevated him with Our signs; but he inclined to the earth, and followed his own vain desires.(1150) His similitude is that of a dog: if you attack him, he lolls out his tongue,(1151) or if you leave him alone, he (still) lolls out his tongue. That is the similitude of those who reject Our signs; So relate the story; perchance they may reflect.* | |||||
| 41 | Al-A'raf Verse 187 (7:187:0) | وَلٰكِنَّ | ولكن | ve lâkinne | but | وَلٰكِن |
| Yusuf Ali (English) | They ask thee about the (final) Hour - when will be its appointed time? Say: "The knowledge thereof is with my Lord (alone): None but He can reveal as to when it will occur.(1159) Heavy were its burden through the heavens and the earth. Only, all of a sudden will it come to you." They ask thee as if thou Wert eager in search thereof:(1160) Say: "The knowledge thereof is with Allah (alone), but most men know not."* | |||||
| 42 | Al-Anfal Verse 17 (8:17:0) | وَلٰكِنَّ | ولكن | ve lâkinna | but | وَلٰكِن |
| Yusuf Ali (English) | It is not ye who slew them; it was Allah. when thou threwest (a handful(1191) of dust), it was not thy act, but Allah's: in order that He might test the Believers by a gracious trial(1192) from Himself: for Allah is He Who heareth and knoweth (all things).* | |||||
| 43 | Al-Anfal Verse 17 (8:17:0) | وَلٰكِنَّ | ولكن | ve lâkinne | but | وَلٰكِن |
| Yusuf Ali (English) | It is not ye who slew them; it was Allah. when thou threwest (a handful(1191) of dust), it was not thy act, but Allah's: in order that He might test the Believers by a gracious trial(1192) from Himself: for Allah is He Who heareth and knoweth (all things).* | |||||
| 44 | Al-Anfal Verse 34 (8:34:0) | وَلٰكِنَّ | ولكن | ve lâkinne | but | وَلٰكِن |
| Yusuf Ali (English) | But what plea have they that Allah should not punish them, when they keep out (men) from the sacred Mosque - and they are not its guardians? No men can be its guardians except the righteous; but most of them do not understand. | |||||
| 45 | Al-Anfal Verse 42 (8:42:0) | وَلٰكِنْ | ولكن | ve lâkin | but | وَلٰكِن |
| Yusuf Ali (English) | Remember ye were on the hither side of the valley, and they on the farther side, and the caravan(1212) on lower ground than ye. Even if ye had made a mutual appointment to meet, ye would certainly have failed in the appointment:(1213) But (thus ye met), that Allah might accomplish a matter already enacted; that those who died might die after a clear Sign (had been given), and those who lived might live after a Clear Sign (had been given). And verily Allah is He Who heareth and knoweth (all things).* | |||||
| 46 | Al-Anfal Verse 43 (8:43:0) | وَلٰكِنَّ | ولكن | ve lâkinne | but | وَلٰكِن |
| Yusuf Ali (English) | Remember in thy dream Allah showed them to thee as few: if He had shown them to thee as many, ye would surely have been discouraged, and ye would surely have disputed in (your) decision; but Allah saved (you): for He knoweth well the (secrets) of (all) hearts. | |||||
| 47 | Al-Anfal Verse 63 (8:63:0) | وَلٰكِنَّ | ولكن | ve lâkinne | but | وَلٰكِن |
| Yusuf Ali (English) | And (moreover) He hath put affection between their hearts: not if thou hadst spent all that is in the earth, couldst thou have produced that affection, but Allah hath done it: for He is Exalted in might, Wise.(1230)* | |||||
| 48 | At-Tawbah Verse 42 (9:42:0) | وَلٰكِنْ | ولكن | ve lâkin | but | وَلٰكِن |
| Yusuf Ali (English) | If there had been immediate gain (in sight), and the journey easy, they would (all) without doubt have followed thee, but the distance was long, (and weighed) on them. They would indeed swear by Allah, "If we only could, we should certainly have come out with you": They would destroy their own souls;(1307) for Allah doth know that they are certainly lying.* | |||||
| 49 | At-Tawbah Verse 46 (9:46:0) | وَلٰكِنْ | ولكن | ve lâkin | but | وَلٰكِن |
| Yusuf Ali (English) | If they had intended to come out, they would certainly have made some preparation therefor; but Allah was averse to their being sent forth; so He made them lag behind, and they were told, "Sit ye among those who sit (inactive)." | |||||
| 50 | At-Tawbah Verse 56 (9:56:0) | وَلٰكِنَّهُمْ | ولكنهم | ve lâkinnehum | but they | وَلٰكِن |
| Yusuf Ali (English) | They swear by Allah that they are indeed of you; but they are not of you: yet they are afraid (to appear in their true colours). | |||||