What is the main change when “ḥaḍara Zaydun” becomes “mā ḥaḍara illā Zaydun”?

Supplementary Practice 5: Textual Analysis, Scope of Meaning and Rhetorical Judgment

• The agent is omitted
• Explicit exclusion of other attendees is added
• The sentence turns into a prayer
• The past becomes an imperfect