LessonsBadal: Definition, Four Types, and ParsingQuiz

Part-for-whole badal points to an actual component: a head within a person, or half of a book.

قَرَأْتُ الْكِتَابَ نِصْفَهُ — I read the book, namely half of it. Niṣfahu is part-for-whole badal.

This is an additional teaching example; -hu refers to al-kitāb.

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Badal: Definition, Four Types, and Parsing

Part-for-whole badal points to an actual component: a head within a person, or half of a book.

قَرَأْتُ الْكِتَابَ نِصْفَهُ — I read the book, namely half of it. Niṣfahu is part-for-whole badal.

This is an additional teaching example; -hu refers to al-kitāb.