إنما

إِنَّ‎ (ʾinna) +‎ مَا‎ (mā).

• IPA^(key): /ʔin.na.maː/

إِنَّمَا • (ʾinnamā)

1. only
   • 609–632 CE, Qur'an, 18:110:

     ‏قُلْ إِنَّمَا أَنَا بَشَرٌ مِثْلُكُمْ يُوحَى إِلَيَّ أَنَّمَا إِلٰهُكُمْ إِلٰهٌ وَاحِدٌ‎

     qul ʾinnamā ʾanā bašarun miṯlukum yūḥā ʾilayya ʾannamā ʾilāhukum ʾilāhun 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

     waʾinnamā l-ʾumamu l-ʾaḵlāqu mā baqiyat / faʾin humu ḏahabat ʾaḵlāquhum ḏahabū

     (please add an English translation of this quote)

2. but rather