LessonsTawkīd: Verbal and Semantic EmphasisQuiz

جَاءَ الزَّيْدُونَ أَنْفُسُهُمْ — The men named Zayd came themselves.
جَاءَ: singular past verb preceding the overt subject.
الزَّيْدُونَ: nominative sound masculine plural subject (wāw).
أَنْفُسُهُمْ: nominative broken-plural emphasis (ḍammah), with -hum as mudāf ilayh.

The matbūʿ is marked by wāw but its follower by ḍammah: same case, different surface sign.

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Tawkīd: Verbal and Semantic Emphasis

جَاءَ الزَّيْدُونَ أَنْفُسُهُمْ — The men named Zayd came themselves.
جَاءَ: singular past verb preceding the overt subject.
الزَّيْدُونَ: nominative sound masculine plural subject (wāw).
أَنْفُسُهُمْ: nominative broken-plural emphasis (ḍammah), with -hum as mudāf ilayh.

The matbūʿ is marked by wāw but its follower by ḍammah: same case, different surface sign.