أَنْتَ لَا تَكْذِبُ
You do not lie.
Putting «anta» first can reinforce the negative assertion about the listener. It does not assert that everyone else is a liar. Fronting here does not necessarily create a contrastive restriction.
لَا تَكْذِبُ أَنْتَ
You do not lie.
The second arrangement places the independent pronoun differently and may produce a different emphasis. The comparison shows why word order and the type of predication must be considered before declaring a restrictive sense.
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Fronting the Musnad Ilayh: Prominence, Restriction and Reinforcement
أَنْتَ لَا تَكْذِبُ
You do not lie.
Putting «anta» first can reinforce the negative assertion about the listener. It does not assert that everyone else is a liar. Fronting here does not necessarily create a contrastive restriction.
لَا تَكْذِبُ أَنْتَ
You do not lie.
The second arrangement places the independent pronoun differently and may produce a different emphasis. The comparison shows why word order and the type of predication must be considered before declaring a restrictive sense.