أَنَا سَعَيْتُ فِي حَاجَتِكَ
It was I who worked to meet your need.
In a contrastive setting the expression does more than report that efforts occurred: it assigns those efforts to the speaker, countering another attribution.
For instance, when the listener supposes that ʿAmr performed the service, the answer corrects that belief and can give reversal of the presumed attribution (qaṣr al-qalb). The specific restrictive reading still relies on its rhetorical setting.
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Fronting the Musnad Ilayh: Prominence, Restriction and Reinforcement
أَنَا سَعَيْتُ فِي حَاجَتِكَ
It was I who worked to meet your need.
In a contrastive setting the expression does more than report that efforts occurred: it assigns those efforts to the speaker, countering another attribution.
For instance, when the listener supposes that ʿAmr performed the service, the answer corrects that belief and can give reversal of the presumed attribution (qaṣr al-qalb). The specific restrictive reading still relies on its rhetorical setting.