كُلُّ ذَلِكَ لَمْ يَكُنْ
Not one of all those matters occurred.
The phrase kullu dhalika is placed first, and lam yakun is predicated of it. The intended reading is negation of every item.
Suppose the subject covers three events: Zayd arriving, Amr leaving, and Khalid writing. On the intended universal-negation reading, each event is excluded.
1. Zayd did not arrive.
2. Amr did not leave.
3. Khalid did not write.
This is ‘umum al-salb: the denial applies to each member.
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Al-Taqdim wa al-Ta’khir: Word Order and Rhetorical Purposes
كُلُّ ذَلِكَ لَمْ يَكُنْ
Not one of all those matters occurred.
The phrase kullu dhalika is placed first, and lam yakun is predicated of it. The intended reading is negation of every item.
Suppose the subject covers three events: Zayd arriving, Amr leaving, and Khalid writing. On the intended universal-negation reading, each event is excluded.
1. Zayd did not arrive.
2. Amr did not leave.
3. Khalid did not write.
This is ‘umum al-salb: the denial applies to each member.