Qasr: Definitions, Real and Relative Restriction, and Ifrād, Qalb and Taʿyīn

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• What is the lexical sense of qasr?
• What does “by a particular method” add to the definition?
• What is restricted in “No one is in the house except Zayd”?
• Which direction is expressed by “Zayd is only a writer”?
• What does ṣifah mean in this rhetorical discussion?
• What determines whether qasr is real or relative?
• In a relative reading of “Zayd is only a writer,” what is true?
• Why is unrestricted subject-to-attribute restriction difficult?
• What characterizes rhetorically claimed real restriction?
• What does “Only Zayd is a writer” NOT entail?
• A listener believes Zayd is both writer and poet; the speaker says “Zayd is only a writer.” Which type?
• A listener believes Zayd is a poet rather than a writer. Which relative type corrects this?
• A listener is undecided between writer and poet; which form is the reply?
• Which statement is correct for attribute-to-subject restriction?
• What is correct for subject-to-attribute restriction?
• Which form corrects an imagined joint possession of an attribute by two persons?
• If the listener says ʿAmr is the poet, not Zayd, what does “No poet except Zayd” do?
• The listener is unsure whether Zayd or ʿAmr is the poet. Which relative type?
• How can the same qasr form sometimes be ifrād and sometimes qalb?
• Does “Zayd is only a writer” entail “Only Zayd is a writer”?
• What question best distinguishes real and relative qasr?
• What best distinguishes claimed real from relative restriction?
• Before diagnosing qalb, what must one know?
• What is the listener’s position in taʿyīn?
• Can Zayd still be learned if he is the only person in the house?
• May ʿAmr also be a writer despite “Zayd is only a writer”?
• Which context most clearly exemplifies ifrād?
• If two attributes can coexist, which form may deny their assumed conjunction?
• Which analysis sequence is most appropriate?
• In the next topic “qasr by coordination,” what must be tracked?