إلا

Etymology

Cognate with Ge'ez [script needed] (ʾälla), Hebrew אֶלָּא‎ (elá).

Conjunction

إِلَّا • (ʾillā)

1. except, save

   ‏لَا إِلَٰهَ إِلَّا اللّٰهُ مُحَمَّدٌ رَسُولُ اللّٰهِ‎‎‎

   lā ʾilāha ʾillā llāhu muḥammadun rasūlu llāhi

   (There is) no god but God; Muhammad is the messenger of God

2. unless, if not
3. (after negation) only, but, not until

   ‏الصِّحَّةُ تَاجٌ عَلَى رُؤُوسِ الْأَصِحَّاءِ لَا يَرَاهُ إِلَّا الْمَرْضَى.‎‎

   aṣ-ṣiḥḥatu tājun ʿalā ruʾūsi l-ʾaṣiḥḥāʾi lā yarāhu ʾillā l-marḍā.

   Health is a crown on the heads of the healthy, that only the ill can see.