«أَكْرَمْتُ مَنْ زَارَنِي» — I honored the person who visited me: relative «مَنْ» as object.
«مَنْ يَجْتَهِدْ يَنْجَحْ» — Whoever works diligently succeeds: conditional «مَنْ», governing jussive verbs.
This additional teaching comparison illustrates why the context determines the function of identical written forms.
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Relative Nouns — Ṣilah, ʿĀʾid, Forms and Syntax
«أَكْرَمْتُ مَنْ زَارَنِي» — I honored the person who visited me: relative «مَنْ» as object.
«مَنْ يَجْتَهِدْ يَنْجَحْ» — Whoever works diligently succeeds: conditional «مَنْ», governing jussive verbs.
This additional teaching comparison illustrates why the context determines the function of identical written forms.