«وَضَرَبَ أَحْمَدُ وَأَحْمَدٌ آخَرُ»
Translation: “Aḥmad struck, and another Aḥmad did too.”
The first أَحْمَدُ is a specific name with proper-name status plus a verbal pattern. The second أَحْمَدٌ is used indefinitely for another bearer of the name; in this use it takes tanwīn.
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«وَضَرَبَ أَحْمَدُ وَأَحْمَدٌ آخَرُ»
Translation: “Aḥmad struck, and another Aḥmad did too.”
The first أَحْمَدُ is a specific name with proper-name status plus a verbal pattern. The second أَحْمَدٌ is used indefinitely for another bearer of the name; in this use it takes tanwīn.