This is a Chapter on Those Whose ʔalifāt [A]s are Prevented from ʔimālah ‘inclination’, but Which You Inclined Before

10.0 In the previous chapter (Chapter 9 (479)), Sībawayh discussed exceptional cases to the ʔimālah of ʔalif [A], that is, those in which the ʔimālah ‘inclination’ of the ʔalif [A] took place without there being a kasrah [i] or yāʔ [y] in the immediate context of the ʔalif [A]. In this chapter, he discusses phonetically systematic cases where inclination is prevented. The thrust of the chapter is the effect that ʔal-ħuruwf ʔal-mustaʕliyah ‘the raised letters’ – the sʕād [sʕ], the dʕād [dʕ], the tʕāʔ [tʕ], the ðʕāʔ [ðʕ], the γayn [γ], the Ԍāf [Ԍ] and the xāʔ [x] – have when they precede or follow the ʔalif [A].

10.1 Inclination of ʔalif [A] does not occur if one of the seven letters sʕād [sʕ], dʕād [dʕ], tʕāʔ [tʕ], ðʕāʔ [ðʕ], γayn [γ], Ԍāf [Ԍ] or xāʔ [x] is before the ʔalif [A] (II, P. 285, L. 18–20). For example:

10.2 Inclination of ʔalif [A] does not occur if one of the seven letters sʕād [sʕ], dʕād [dʕ], tʕāʔ [tʕ], ðʕāʔ [ðʕ], γayn [γ], Ԍāf [Ԍ], or xāʔ [x] is after the ʔalif [A] (II, P. 286, L. 4–7).