LessonsAl-Qasr: Real and Relative Restriction, Classifications and MethodsQuiz

قَصْرُ تَعْيِينٍ إِذَا اعْتَقَدَ وَاحِدًا غَيْرَ مُعَيَّنٍ
Ta‘yin applies when the listener knows one of two alternatives holds but cannot identify which.

For instance, a person knows that Amr is either a doctor or an engineer but cannot tell which. The answer مَا عَمْرٌو إِلَّا طَبِيبٌ establishes that Amr is a doctor, not an engineer, in that contrast.

The listener neither combined both alternatives nor firmly held the opposite judgment. The problem was indeterminate choice, and the restriction settles it.

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Ta‘yin: resolving uncertainty

Al-Qasr: Real and Relative Restriction, Classifications and Methods

قَصْرُ تَعْيِينٍ إِذَا اعْتَقَدَ وَاحِدًا غَيْرَ مُعَيَّنٍ
Ta‘yin applies when the listener knows one of two alternatives holds but cannot identify which.

For instance, a person knows that Amr is either a doctor or an engineer but cannot tell which. The answer مَا عَمْرٌو إِلَّا طَبِيبٌ establishes that Amr is a doctor, not an engineer, in that contrast.

The listener neither combined both alternatives nor firmly held the opposite judgment. The problem was indeterminate choice, and the restriction settles it.