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

قَابَلْتُ أَخَاكَ خَالِدًا.
“I met your brother Khālid.”

قَابَلْتُ: past verb and first-person subject.
أَخَاكَ: accusative object with alif and possessive suffix kāf.
خَالِدًا: accusative explanatory apposition with fatḥah.

The apposition has fatḥah because it follows an accusative antecedent.

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

قَابَلْتُ أَخَاكَ خَالِدًا.
“I met your brother Khālid.”

قَابَلْتُ: past verb and first-person subject.
أَخَاكَ: accusative object with alif and possessive suffix kāf.
خَالِدًا: accusative explanatory apposition with fatḥah.

The apposition has fatḥah because it follows an accusative antecedent.