Method for identifying the fāʿil:
1. Identify the verb or governing derived description.
2. Determine which noun the action is attributed to.
3. Ask whether the action proceeds from that noun or falls upon it.
4. If the noun is the performer in the relevant sense, it is the fāʿil and is fundamentally nominative.
5. The noun receiving the action is the direct object.
All three source examples illustrate this principle.
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Al-Marfūʿāt: The Fāʿil, Its Definition and Full Parsing
Method for identifying the fāʿil:
1. Identify the verb or governing derived description.
2. Determine which noun the action is attributed to.
3. Ask whether the action proceeds from that noun or falls upon it.
4. If the noun is the performer in the relevant sense, it is the fāʿil and is fundamentally nominative.
5. The noun receiving the action is the direct object.
All three source examples illustrate this principle.