مَا زَيْدٌ كَاتِبًا بَلْ شَاعِرٌ
Zayd is not a writer but a poet.
Bal shifts attention from a preceding assertion or rejected possibility to the following one. Its effect in restriction follows from the discourse context; not every occurrence of bal has the same restrictive force.
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Qasr by Coordination, Negation–Exception, and Innamā
مَا زَيْدٌ كَاتِبًا بَلْ شَاعِرٌ
Zayd is not a writer but a poet.
Bal shifts attention from a preceding assertion or rejected possibility to the following one. Its effect in restriction follows from the discourse context; not every occurrence of bal has the same restrictive force.