وَمَعْنَوِيٌّ: وَهُوَ بِأَلْفَاظٍ مَعْدُودَةٍ، وَهِيَ «النَّفْسُ» وَ«الْعَيْنُ» لِلْوَاحِدِ وَالْمُثَنَّى وَالْمَجْمُوعِ، بِاخْتِلَافِ الصِّيغَةِ وَالضَّمِيرِ.
Translation: The second is semantic emphasis, formed with a limited set of words. Nafs and ʿayn apply to singular, dual and plural, with appropriate changes of form and attached pronoun.
Nafs here means “self/himself,” not always “soul.” ʿAyn here confirms the very person, rather than meaning the physical eye.
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Tawkīd: Verbal and Semantic Emphasis
وَمَعْنَوِيٌّ: وَهُوَ بِأَلْفَاظٍ مَعْدُودَةٍ، وَهِيَ «النَّفْسُ» وَ«الْعَيْنُ» لِلْوَاحِدِ وَالْمُثَنَّى وَالْمَجْمُوعِ، بِاخْتِلَافِ الصِّيغَةِ وَالضَّمِيرِ.
Translation: The second is semantic emphasis, formed with a limited set of words. Nafs and ʿayn apply to singular, dual and plural, with appropriate changes of form and attached pronoun.
Nafs here means “self/himself,” not always “soul.” ʿAyn here confirms the very person, rather than meaning the physical eye.