LessonsAl-Waṣl: Connecting Clauses, Semantic Bonds and Circumstantial WāwQuiz

«كُلُوا وَاشْرَبُوا وَلَا تُسْرِفُوا»
Eat and drink, but do not be excessive.

The first two verbs are imperatives (أمر); the third is a prohibition (نهي). Their surface forms differ, but all are directive utterances (إنشاء طلبي). Their content is also unified: eating and drinking are permitted, while excess is forbidden.

Wāw gathers the directives into one coherent instruction. Consequently, exact sameness of grammatical form is not a universal condition for coordination: the effective communicative purpose may supply the necessary compatibility. The passage is from Sūrat al-Aʿrāf, verse 31.

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Coordination between two directives

Al-Waṣl: Connecting Clauses, Semantic Bonds and Circumstantial Wāw

«كُلُوا وَاشْرَبُوا وَلَا تُسْرِفُوا»
Eat and drink, but do not be excessive.

The first two verbs are imperatives (أمر); the third is a prohibition (نهي). Their surface forms differ, but all are directive utterances (إنشاء طلبي). Their content is also unified: eating and drinking are permitted, while excess is forbidden.

Wāw gathers the directives into one coherent instruction. Consequently, exact sameness of grammatical form is not a universal condition for coordination: the effective communicative purpose may supply the necessary compatibility. The passage is from Sūrat al-Aʿrāf, verse 31.