The word(s) "but" appears 1022 time(s) in 947 verse(s) in Quran in Muhammad Pickthal translation.

(491) And if the Truth had followed their desires, verily the heavens and the earth and whosoever is therein had been corrupted. Nay, We have brought them their Reminder, but from their Reminder they now turn away.

(492) Or dost thou ask of them (O Muhammad) any tribute? but the bounty of thy Lord is better, for He is Best of all who make provision.

(493) Already have We grasped them with punishment, but they humble not themselves unto their Lord, nor do they pray,

(494) Nay, but they say the like of that which said the men of old;

(495) We were already promised this, we and our forefathers. Lo! this is naught but fables of the men of old.

(496) Nay, but We have brought them the Truth, and lo! they are liars.

(497) That I may do right in that which I have left behind! but nay! It is but a word that he speaketh; and behind them is a barrier until the day when they are raised.

(498) but ye chose them for a laughing-stock until they caused you to forget remembrance of Me, while ye laughed at them.

(499) He will say: Ye tarried but a little if ye only knew.

(500) And those who accuse honourable women but bring not four witnesses, scourge them (with) eighty stripes and never (afterward) accept their testimony - They indeed are evil-doers -