The Two Explanatory Particles: Ay and An

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• How many explanatory particles does the chapter list?
• Which pair are the explanatory particles?
• Whom is one meant to ask in the village phrase?
• What is the status of ay ahla al-qaryati?
• What is the case of al-qaryata in the actual Qurʾānic phrase?
• What is ahla in the expanded reading?
• What does explanatory ay mean?
• What is ayyu in ayyu ṭālibin ḥaḍara?
• What is ṭālibin in ayyu ṭālibin?
• Function of ay in “Khālid came, that is, your brother”?
• Does explanatory ay itself assign case to the following noun?
• Which meaning is conveyed by nādaynāhu?
• What is an in the quoted Qurʾānic call?
• What is yā in an yā Ibrāhīm?
• What is Ibrāhīmu in the call?
• What is hu attached to nādaynā?
• Why does an not govern a subjunctive imperfect here?
• What meaning must the previous verb carry?
• Why can awḥaynā precede explanatory an?
• What is iqdhifī in ani iqdhifīhi?
• What is hi in iqdhifīhi?
• Why does nūn in aniʿbudū take kasra in connected recitation?
• How is iʿbudū built as an imperative?
• Function of Allāha in iʿbudū Allāha?
• What is an explaining after amartani bihi?
• What does the textbook restrict after literal qāla?
• What construction is used in qultu lahu: uktub?
• What is an in urīdu an aktuba?
• What is the mood/case of aktuba?
• What does an aktuba form in that example?
• Which is a clear example of explanatory an?
• Which example shows subjunctive-governing an?
• Why is ani explanatory after ashartu ilayhi?
• What form is ijlis in the gesture example?
• What caution does the commentary give about this phrase?
• What is most important in identifying an explanatory particle?
• Main difference between explanatory ay and an?
• Which chapter follows explanatory particles?
• Ay and an are both explanatory particles.
• Ay ahla al-qaryati is part of the revealed wording.
• Al-qaryata is accusative in the actual phrase.
• Ayyu in “which student?” is an explanatory particle.
• Explanatory ay itself makes every following noun genitive.
• Nādā contains the sense of saying.
• An in the call to Abraham is explanatory.
• Ibrāhīmu is vocative after yā.
• Iqdhifī in ani iqdhifīhi is a subjunctive imperfect.
• The kasra on nūn in aniʿbudū follows a junction rule.
• The commentary distinguishes qāla from verbs implying speech.
• Every verb after an must be subjunctive.
• An in urīdu an aktuba is infinitival and subjunctive-governing.
• An instruction conveyed by a gesture can be explained by an.
• Explanatory ay and interrogative ayyu always have the same word class.
• It is acceptable to merge a gloss into the Qurʾānic quotation.
• The following clause matters for identifying an explanatory particle.
• An aktuba can mean “to write” as an interpreted infinitive.