The word(s) "but" appears 1287 time(s) in 1137 verse(s) in Quran in Mohsin Khan translation.

(1011) It spared nothing that it reached, but blew it into broken spreads of rotten ruins.

(1012) but they insolently defied the Command of their Lord, so the Sa'iqah overtook them while they were looking.

(1013) Likewise, no Messenger came to those before them but they said: "A sorcerer or a madman!"

(1014) Or did they create the heavens and the earth? Nay, but they have no firm Belief.

(1015) Or do they intend a plot (against you O Muhammad صلى الله عليه وسلم)? but those who disbelieve (in the Oneness of Allah - Islamic Monotheism) are themselves plotted against!

(1016) And verily, for those who do wrong, there is another punishment (i.e. the torment in this world and in their graves) before this; but most of them know not. (Tafsir At-Tabari).

(1017) They are but names which you have named - you and your fathers - for which Allah has sent down no authority. They follow but a guess and that which they themselves desire, whereas there has surely come to them the Guidance from their Lord!

(1018) but to Allah belongs the last (Hereafter) and the first (the world).

(1019) but they have no knowledge thereof. They follow but a guess, and verily, guess is no substitute for the truth.

(1020) Therefore withdraw (O Muhammad صلى الله عليه وسلم) from him who turns away from Our Reminder (this Qur'an) and desires nothing but the life of this world.