| Order | Occurrence | Arabic | Without diacritics | Pronunciation | Meaning | Root |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Al-Baqarah Verse 160 (2:160:1) | اِلَّا | الا | ille | Except | إِلَّا |
| Yusuf Ali (English) | Except those who repent and make amends and openly declare (the Truth): To them I turn; for I am Oft-returning, Most Merciful. | |||||
| 2 | Ali 'Imran Verse 112 (3:112:7) | اِلَّا | الا | illâ | except | إِلَّا |
| Yusuf Ali (English) | Shame is pitched over them(435) (Like a tent) wherever they are found, except when under a covenant (of protection) from Allah and from men; they draw on themselves wrath from Allah, and pitched over them is (the tent of) destitution. This because they rejected the Signs of Allah, and slew the prophets in defiance of right(436); this because they rebelled and transgressed beyond bounds.* | |||||
| 3 | An-Nisa Verse 23 (4:23:46) | اِلَّا | الا | illâ | except | إِلَّا |
| Yusuf Ali (English) | Prohibited to you (For marriage) are:-(531) Your mothers, daughters,(532) sisters; father´s sisters, Mother´s sisters; brother´s daughters, sister´s daughters; foster-mothers(533) (Who gave you suck), foster-sisters; your wives´ mothers; your stepdaughters under your(534) guardianship, born of your wives to whom ye have gone in,- no prohibition if ye have not gone in;- (Those who have been) wives of your sons(535) proceeding from your loins; and two sisters in wedlock at one and the same time,(536) except for what is past; for Allah is Oft-forgiving, Most Merciful;-* | |||||
| 4 | An-Nisa Verse 90 (4:90:1) | اِلَّا | الا | illâ | Except | إِلَّا |
| Yusuf Ali (English) | Except those who join a group between whom and you there is a treaty(608) (Of peace), or those who approach(609) you with hearts restraining them from fighting you as well as fighting their own people. If Allah had pleased, He could have given them power over you, and they would have fought you: Therefore if they withdraw from you but fight you not, and (instead) send you (Guarantees of) peace, then Allah Hath opened no way for you (to war against them).* | |||||
| 5 | An-Nisa Verse 146 (4:146:1) | اِلَّا | الا | illâ | Except | إِلَّا |
| Yusuf Ali (English) | Except for those who repent, mend (their lives) hold fast to Allah, and purify their religion as in Allah.s sight: if so they will be (numbered)(652) with the believers. And soon will Allah grant to the believers a reward of immense value.* | |||||
| 6 | Al-An'am Verse 145 (6:145:12) | اِلَّٓا | الا | illâ | except | إِلَّا |
| Yusuf Ali (English) | Say: "I find not in the message received by me by inspiration any (meat) forbidden to be eaten by one who wishes to eat it, unless it be dead meat, or blood poured forth,(969) or the flesh of swine,- for it is an abomination - or, what is impious, (meat) on which a name has been invoked, other than Allah.s". But (even so), if a person is forced by necessity, without wilful disobedience, nor transgressing due limits,- thy Lord is Oft-forgiving, Most Merciful.* | |||||
| 7 | At-Tawbah Verse 4 (9:4:0) | اِلَّا | الا | illâ | Except | إِلَّا |
| Yusuf Ali (English) | (But the treaties are) not dissolved(1249) with those Pagans with whom ye have entered into alliance and who have not subsequently failed you in aught, nor aided any one against you. So fulfil your engagements with them to the end of their term: for Allah loveth the righteous.* | |||||
| 8 | At-Tawbah Verse 7 (9:7:0) | اِلَّا | الا | illâ | except | إِلَّا |
| Yusuf Ali (English) | How can there be a league, before Allah and His Messenger, with the Pagans, except those(1255) with whom ye made a treaty near the sacred Mosque? As long as these stand true to you, stand ye true to them: for Allah doth love the righteous.* | |||||
| 9 | Hud Verse 11 (11:11:1) | اِلَّا | الا | illâ | Except | إِلَّا |
| Yusuf Ali (English) | Not so do those who show patience and constancy, and work(1508) righteousness; for them is forgiveness (of sins) and a great reward.* | |||||
| 10 | Hud Verse 81 (11:81:19) | اِلَّا | الا | illâ | except | إِلَّا |
| Yusuf Ali (English) | (The Messengers) said: "O Lut! We are Messengers from thy Lord! By no means shall they reach thee! now travel with thy family while yet a part of the night remains, and let not any of you look back: but thy wife(1577) (will remain behind): To her will happen what happens to the people. Morning is their time appointed: Is not the morning nigh?"* | |||||
| 11 | Al-Hijr Verse 18 (15:18:1) | اِلَّا | الا | illâ | Except | إِلَّا |
| Yusuf Ali (English) | But any that gains a hearing(1953) by stealth, is pursued by a flaming fire, bright (to see).(1954)* | |||||
| 12 | Al-Hijr Verse 40 (15:40:1) | اِلَّا | الا | illâ | Except | إِلَّا |
| Yusuf Ali (English) | "Except Thy servants among them, sincere and purified (by Thy Grace)." | |||||
| 13 | Al-Hijr Verse 60 (15:60:1) | اِلَّا | الا | illâ | Except | إِلَّا |
| Yusuf Ali (English) | "Except his wife, who, We have ascertained, will be among those who will lag behind."(1987)* | |||||
| 14 | Al-Isra Verse 87 (17:87:1) | اِلَّا | الا | illâ | Except | إِلَّا |
| Yusuf Ali (English) | Except for Mercy from thy Lord:(2287) for his bounty is to thee (indeed) great.* | |||||
| 15 | Al-Mu'minun Verse 6 (23:6:1) | اِلَّا | الا | illâ | Except | إِلَّا |
| Yusuf Ali (English) | Except with those joined to them in the marriage bond, or (the captives) whom their right hands possess,-(2868) for (in their case) they are free from blame,* | |||||
| 16 | An-Nur Verse 5 (24:5:1) | اِلَّا | الا | illâ | Except | إِلَّا |
| Yusuf Ali (English) | Unless they repent thereafter(2959) and mend (their conduct); for Allah is Oft- Forgiving, Most Merciful.* | |||||
| 17 | An-Nur Verse 31 (24:31:11) | اِلَّا | الا | illâ | except | إِلَّا |
| Yusuf Ali (English) | And say to the believing women that they should lower their gaze and guard(2984) their modesty; that they should not display their beauty and ornaments(2985) except what (must ordinarily) appear thereof; that they should draw their veils over their bosoms and not display their beauty except to their husbands, their fathers, their husband´s fathers, their sons, their husbands´ sons, their brothers or their brothers´ sons, or their sisters´ sons, or their women, or the slaves whom their right hands possess, or male servants free of physical needs, or small children who have no sense of the shame of sex; and that they should not strike their feet in order to draw attention to their hidden ornaments.(2986) And O ye Believers! turn ye all together towards Allah, that ye may attain Bliss.(2987)* | |||||
| 18 | Ash-Shu'ara Verse 227 (26:227:1) | اِلَّا | الا | illâ | Except | إِلَّا |
| Yusuf Ali (English) | Except those who believe,(3238) work righteousness, engage much in the remembrance of Allah, and defend themselves only after they are unjustly attacked. And soon will the unjust(3239) assailants know what vicissitudes their affairs will take!* | |||||
| 19 | Al-Ahzab Verse 6 (33:6:19) | اِلَّٓا | الا | illâ | except | إِلَّا |
| Yusuf Ali (English) | The Prophet is closer to the Believers than their own selves,(3674) and his wives are(3675) their mothers. Blood-relations among each other have closer personal ties, in the Decree of Allah. Than (the Brotherhood of) Believers and Muhajirs:(3676) nevertheless do ye what is just to your closest friends: such is the writing in the Decree (of Allah..* | |||||
| 20 | Al-Ahzab Verse 53 (33:53:9) | اِلَّٓا | الا | illâ | except | إِلَّا |
| Yusuf Ali (English) | O ye who believe! Enter not the Prophet´s houses,- until leave is given you,-(3755) for a meal, (and then) not (so early as) to wait for its preparation: but when ye are invited, enter; and when ye have taken your meal, disperse, without seeking familiar talk. Such (behaviour) annoys the Prophet: he is ashamed to dismiss you, but Allah is not ashamed (to tell you) the truth. And when ye ask (his ladies)(3756) for anything ye want, ask them from before a screen: that makes for greater purity for your hearts and for theirs. Nor is it right for you(3757) that ye should annoy(3758) Allah's Messenger, or that ye should marry his widows after him at any time. Truly such a thing is in Allah.s sight an enormity.* | |||||
| 21 | As-Saffat Verse 74 (37:74:1) | اِلَّا | الا | illâ | Except | إِلَّا |
| Yusuf Ali (English) | Except the sincere (and devoted)(4079) Servants of Allah.* | |||||
| 22 | Ad-Dukhan Verse 42 (44:42:1) | اِلَّا | الا | illâ | Except | إِلَّا |
| Yusuf Ali (English) | Except such as receive(4720) Allah.s Mercy: for He is Exalted in Might, Most Merciful.* | |||||