ضَرْبُ زَيْدٍ عَمْرًا — ضَرْبُ عَمْرٍو زَيْدٌ
Both describe Zayd striking ʿAmr. In the first, annexation is to the agent; in the second, to the object. Case and syntactic relation distinguish the two.
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Same Event, Different Iḍāfah
The Maṣdar: Meaning, Patterns, Governance and Iḍāfah
ضَرْبُ زَيْدٍ عَمْرًا — ضَرْبُ عَمْرٍو زَيْدٌ
Both describe Zayd striking ʿAmr. In the first, annexation is to the agent; in the second, to the object. Case and syntactic relation distinguish the two.