وَلَا تَدْخُلُ إِلَّا عَلَى الْفِعْلِ
Translation: They enter only on a verb (including one understood from context).
If a noun appears immediately after the exhortative particle, the construction can involve an omitted verb understood from context: “Why not Zayd?”
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A Following Noun and an Elliptical Verb
Exhortative Particles: Urging, Reproach and Two Uses of Lawlā
وَلَا تَدْخُلُ إِلَّا عَلَى الْفِعْلِ
Translation: They enter only on a verb (including one understood from context).
If a noun appears immediately after the exhortative particle, the construction can involve an omitted verb understood from context: “Why not Zayd?”