قَالَ: أَتُنْكِرُ أَنَّ الْوَعْدَ قَدْ تَحَقَّقَ؟ قُلْتُ: لَا أُنْكِرُ وُقُوعَهُ، وَلَكِنَّنِي أَسْأَلُ عَنْ وَقْتِهِ. قَدْ تَحَقَّقَ الْوَعْدُ أَمْسِ.
He said, “Do you deny that the promise has been fulfilled?” I replied, “I do not deny its occurrence; I ask about its time.” The promise was fulfilled yesterday.
The exchange sharply distinguishes whether an event occurred from when it occurred. The first speaker may mistakenly take the listener as a denier of the event; the reply clarifies that only timing remains unresolved. Extra emphasis on occurrence would need a further contextual reason.