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«إِنَّمَا يَخْشَى اللَّهَ مِنْ عِبَادِهِ الْعُلَمَاءُ»
Among His servants, those with knowledge truly fear God.

Allāha is accusative as the object of yakhshā, while al-ʿulamāʾu is nominative as its subject. Identifying the first noun as the agent merely because it appears earlier would be a serious grammatical mistake. Min ʿibādihi specifies the scope.

Innamā and the context emphasize fear grounded in knowledge. This passage shows why one must establish case and syntactic roles before proposing rhetorical conclusions.

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Passage 9: fronted object and delayed subject

Supplementary Comprehensive Examination — Advanced Arabic Texts and Evidence-Based Rhetorical Analysis

«إِنَّمَا يَخْشَى اللَّهَ مِنْ عِبَادِهِ الْعُلَمَاءُ»
Among His servants, those with knowledge truly fear God.

Allāha is accusative as the object of yakhshā, while al-ʿulamāʾu is nominative as its subject. Identifying the first noun as the agent merely because it appears earlier would be a serious grammatical mistake. Min ʿibādihi specifies the scope.

Innamā and the context emphasize fear grounded in knowledge. This passage shows why one must establish case and syntactic roles before proposing rhetorical conclusions.