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But lo (lākinnā is actually [made up of] lākin anā, 'but I … ', where the hamza vowel has [either] been transferred onto the nūn [of lākin], or omitted [altogether] with the nūn assimilated with the like of it)⁹ He [is] (huwa, this is the pronoun of the [subject] matter [to be stated] and is clarified by the sentence that follows it: the meaning [in other words] is '[But, it is that] I say that [He is]') Allahu ta’ālā, my Rabb, and I do not ascribe any partner to my Rabb.