After a positive question “Did Khālid succeed?”, the ordinary answer is naʿam. The chapter restricts balā to overturning a prior negation.
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After a positive question “Did Khālid succeed?”, the ordinary answer is naʿam. The chapter restricts balā to overturning a prior negation.