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المفعول المطلق— The Absolute Object

المفعول المطلق is a مصدر (verbal noun) built from the exact same root as the verb before it, always منصوب. It plays one of three roles: emphasis (تَكَلَّمَ تَكْلِيمًا), manner or type, often via إضافة (جَلَسَ جُلُوسَ الْمَلِكِ), or a count of how many times (ضَرَبْتُ ضَرْبَتَيْنِ). Because it must share the verb's own root, it is easy to distinguish from المفعول لأجله, which comes from a different root and answers "why."