LessonsTawkīd: Verbal and Semantic EmphasisQuiz

جَاءَ زَيْدٌ نَفْسُهُ: nominative subject and nominative emphasis.
رَأَيْتُ زَيْدًا نَفْسَهُ: accusative object and accusative emphasis.
مَرَرْتُ بِزَيْدٍ نَفْسِهِ: genitive noun after bāʾ and genitive emphasis.

These teaching examples show that emphasis tracks the case of its referent; the pronoun stays referentially fixed.

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Emphasis across the Three Cases

Tawkīd: Verbal and Semantic Emphasis

جَاءَ زَيْدٌ نَفْسُهُ: nominative subject and nominative emphasis.
رَأَيْتُ زَيْدًا نَفْسَهُ: accusative object and accusative emphasis.
مَرَرْتُ بِزَيْدٍ نَفْسِهِ: genitive noun after bāʾ and genitive emphasis.

These teaching examples show that emphasis tracks the case of its referent; the pronoun stays referentially fixed.