AspectFirst contextSecond contextMain reasonFull suitabilityOmission produces a wrong meaningClause typesBoth declarative or both nondeclarativeMay involve an answer and a prayerExampleInna al-abrar ... wa-inna al-fujjar ...La, wa-shafahu AllahEffectLinks meaningsProtects intention
Wāw appears in both cases, but its function differs. One must examine the listener's likely interpretation, not merely the presence of a conjunction.
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Al-Wasl wa-l-Fasl: Rhetoric of Joining and Separating Sentences
AspectFirst contextSecond contextMain reasonFull suitabilityOmission produces a wrong meaningClause typesBoth declarative or both nondeclarativeMay involve an answer and a prayerExampleInna al-abrar ... wa-inna al-fujjar ...La, wa-shafahu AllahEffectLinks meaningsProtects intention
Wāw appears in both cases, but its function differs. One must examine the listener's likely interpretation, not merely the presence of a conjunction.