Which interpretation best fits “زَيْدٌ شَاعِرٌ لَا كَاتِبٌ / إِنَّمَا زَيْدٌ شَاعِرٌ” in context?
Qasr by Coordination, Negation–Exception, and Innamā
- Coordination and reversal — Zayd is a poet, not a writer.
- Coordination versus innamā — Zayd is a poet, not a writer / Zayd is only a poet.
- Comparing lā, bal and lākin — Lā, bal and lākin.
- Restricting the subject to a property — Zayd is only a writer.