The iḍāfah phrase supplies the subject. Its head ghulāmu is nominative; al-rajuli is genitive as the second member and is not independently the fāʿil.
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The iḍāfah phrase supplies the subject. Its head ghulāmu is nominative; al-rajuli is genitive as the second member and is not independently the fāʿil.