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زَيْدٌ هُوَ الْقَائِمُ. — huwa is a separator; al-qāʾimu is the predicate.
هُوَ اللَّهُ أَحَدٌ. — in the source analysis, huwa is the affair pronoun; the entire “Allāhu aḥadun” clause explains it.

One distinguishes predicate from modifier; the other introduces a proposition.

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Separation versus affair

Pronouns: definitions, forms, usage, and parsing

زَيْدٌ هُوَ الْقَائِمُ. — huwa is a separator; al-qāʾimu is the predicate.
هُوَ اللَّهُ أَحَدٌ. — in the source analysis, huwa is the affair pronoun; the entire “Allāhu aḥadun” clause explains it.

One distinguishes predicate from modifier; the other introduces a proposition.