LessonsʿAṭf al-Bayān: Definition, Examples, and Contrast with BadalQuiz

جَاءَ أَخُوكَ خَالِدٌ.
“Your brother, namely Khālid, came.”
جَاءَ: past verb.
أَخُوكَ: nominative subject with wāw; the suffix kāf is a genitive-position possessor.
خَالِدٌ: nominative explanatory apposition with ḍammah.

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Explanatory apposition in the nominative

ʿAṭf al-Bayān: Definition, Examples, and Contrast with Badal

جَاءَ أَخُوكَ خَالِدٌ.
“Your brother, namely Khālid, came.”
جَاءَ: past verb.
أَخُوكَ: nominative subject with wāw; the suffix kāf is a genitive-position possessor.
خَالِدٌ: nominative explanatory apposition with ḍammah.

This is an additional teaching example, not a quotation from the book.