Which statement correctly explains the aspect “Negation–exception versus innamā” in the example “مَا زَيْدٌ إِلَّا شَاعِرٌ / إِنَّمَا زَيْدٌ شَاعِرٌ”?
Qasr by Coordination, Negation–Exception, and Innamā
- Coordination and determination — Zayd is a poet, not a writer.
- Restricting the agent — Only Zayd came.
- Scholarly analyses of innamā — Only; indeed no more than.
- Negation–exception versus innamā — Zayd is nothing but a poet / Zayd is only a poet.