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و the purpose of the Qasam is to draw attention to what is going to be sworn about

what is the emphasis that is going to be given

so the Qasam has only two Qasams

now the word la throws a lot of non Arabs off

because the first thing you learn in Arabic

and la is taught to you to be no

actually there's three types of la in the Arabic language

and the rarest type and the most difficult for the non-Arab to recognize

is this type

this is actually some call it la zaida

but however you call it depends on your Arabic schools that you're taught

but this is a la that has the exact opposite meaning of the typical la which is no

this means yes indeed

it's literally flipped around

so obviously the non-Arab is confused

how can I tell the difference between yes and no when you're using the same word

and the response is very simple

when the context makes it impossible to understand no

it flips around and it becomes an emphasis a tokyd

this is what we're truly trying to say

la uxam al-Behad al-Abal

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