Shiavault - a Vault of Shia Islamic Books Al-muqaddimah Al-ajurrumiyyah [on the Science of Arabic Grammar] The Chapter on the ISTITHNĀ’ [^79] The Ḥurūf[^80] (particles) of alistithnā’ (exception/exclusion) are eight, and they are: إلاّ (except/save/excluding) غير ** ** (other than) سِوى (other than) سُوى (other than) سواء (other than) خلا (except) عدا (except) حاشا (except) The Mustathnā by means of إلاّ: is Manṣūb when the Kalām is Tāmm (i.e.
the Mustathnā minhu is not mentioned), then it is according to the ‘Awāmil (that precede it), like: ما قام إلاّزيدٌ (No one stood exceptZayd ) ما رأيتُ إلاّ زيداً (I did not see exceptZayd ) ما مررتُ إلاّ بزيدٍ (I did not pass except byZayd ) The Mustathnā with سُوى، سِوى، غير and سواء is Majrūr only and nothing else.
The Mustathnā with خلا، عدا and حاشا has the options of Naṣb and Jarr, like: قام القوم خلازيداً وزيدٍ ، وعدازيداً وزيدٍ ، وحاشابكرا ً وبكرٍ (The people stood exceptZayd and exceptBakr ) Previous Next