Breakdown of هیچکس تو را با غرض قضاوت نکرد، بلکه این فقط یک اتهام است.
است
is
تو
you (singular)
این
this
یکyek
one / a, an
باbâ
with
راrâ
definite direct object marker
هیچکسhichkas
nobody
فقطfaqat
only, just
بلکهbalke
but also / but rather
غرضgharaz
malice / ulterior motive
قضاوت کردنghazâvat kardan
to judge
اتهامettehâm
accusation
Questions & Answers about هیچکس تو را با غرض قضاوت نکرد، بلکه این فقط یک اتهام است.
Why do we use بلکه here instead of normal words for "but" like اما or ولی?
بلکه is used specifically for corrective contrast. Because the first clause is negative ("Nobody judged you..."), بلکه translates to "but rather" or "on the contrary" to introduce the actual truth. If you used اما or ولی, it would just mean "but [nevertheless]", which adds a contrasting thought rather than correcting a false one.
Why is the verb نکرد negative when the sentence already starts with هیچکس (nobody)?
This is a classic Farsi rule that can be easy to forget! Whenever you use a negative pronoun like هیچکس (nobody) or هیچچیز (nothing), the verb must also be negative. Farsi requires this double negative, so "nobody judged" literally translates to "nobody didn't judge" (هیچکس ... نکرد).
The English translation says "out of malice", but Farsi uses با. Is با غرض a set phrase?
Yes! In English, we often say someone did something "out of" an emotion or intention. In Farsi, this is usually expressed using the preposition با (with). So با غرض literally means "with malice" or "with an ulterior motive."
Why does the object marker را come right after تو (you) instead of later in the sentence?
The object marker را must directly follow the specific definite object it belongs to. The direct object of the verb "judged" is simply تو (you). The phrase با غرض (out of malice) is an adverbial phrase describing how the action was done, not part of who was judged, so را attaches immediately to تو.
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