LessonsSupplementary Practice 5: Textual Analysis, Scope of Meaning and Rhetorical JudgmentQuiz

مَا حَضَرَ إِلَّا زَيْدٌ.
Nobody attended except Zayd.

The attendance under discussion is restricted to Zayd, excluding rival participants within the relevant context. The maqsūr is the restricted predication and the maqsūr ʿalayh is the exclusive locus.

By contrast, مَا زَيْدٌ إِلَّا شَاعِرٌ may restrict the characterization of Zayd to being a poet; it does not assert that Zayd is the only poet in existence. The same particles therefore do not ensure the same direction of exclusivity.

A valid analysis specifies what is restricted, to whom it is restricted, and which alternative is being rejected.

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

مَا حَضَرَ إِلَّا زَيْدٌ.
Nobody attended except Zayd.

The attendance under discussion is restricted to Zayd, excluding rival participants within the relevant context. The maqsūr is the restricted predication and the maqsūr ʿalayh is the exclusive locus.

By contrast, مَا زَيْدٌ إِلَّا شَاعِرٌ may restrict the characterization of Zayd to being a poet; it does not assert that Zayd is the only poet in existence. The same particles therefore do not ensure the same direction of exclusivity.

A valid analysis specifies what is restricted, to whom it is restricted, and which alternative is being rejected.