Why cannot every use of “إِنَّ أَخَاكَ قَادِمٌ” be classified as exclusively ṭalabī?
Aḍrub al-Khabar: Ibtidāʾī, Ṭalabī and Inkārī Reports
- Because inna cannot occur in a report
- Because it is always interrogative
- Because it contains no emphasis
- Because in context it may also counter mild denial