مَا كَسَوْتُهُ إِلَّا جُبَّةً
I clothed him with nothing except a jubba (a robe).
Here jubba is the clothing item singled out. The implicit broad category is “clothing,” so the expanded sense is: I provided no garment for him other than a robe.
This restricts the kind of clothing provided to that person. It does not necessarily rule out providing clothing to someone else; that would be a different restriction.
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How Restrictive Constructions Convey Qasr: Ellipsis and Scope
مَا كَسَوْتُهُ إِلَّا جُبَّةً
I clothed him with nothing except a jubba (a robe).
Here jubba is the clothing item singled out. The implicit broad category is “clothing,” so the expanded sense is: I provided no garment for him other than a robe.
This restricts the kind of clothing provided to that person. It does not necessarily rule out providing clothing to someone else; that would be a different restriction.