LessonsAl-Wasl wa-l-Fasl: Rhetoric of Joining and Separating SentencesQuiz

أَنْ يَكُونَ بَيْنَ الْجُمْلَتَيْنِ تَبَايُنٌ تَامٌّ بِأَنْ يَخْتَلِفَا خَبَرًا وَإِنْشَاءً
The clauses are fully different in function: one declarative, the other nondeclarative.

For instance, one clause informs while the next suddenly commands, prays, or asks something that is not meant to share the first clause’s construction. Separation preserves their different purposes.

The cited poetic passage contrasts the directive arsu (“halt/anchor”) with the declarative fa-hatfu kulli imri’in yajri bi-miqdar (“each person's death proceeds by decree”). This difference motivates fasl.

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Complete disconnection: different discourse types

Al-Wasl wa-l-Fasl: Rhetoric of Joining and Separating Sentences

أَنْ يَكُونَ بَيْنَ الْجُمْلَتَيْنِ تَبَايُنٌ تَامٌّ بِأَنْ يَخْتَلِفَا خَبَرًا وَإِنْشَاءً
The clauses are fully different in function: one declarative, the other nondeclarative.

For instance, one clause informs while the next suddenly commands, prays, or asks something that is not meant to share the first clause’s construction. Separation preserves their different purposes.

The cited poetic passage contrasts the directive arsu (“halt/anchor”) with the declarative fa-hatfu kulli imri’in yajri bi-miqdar (“each person's death proceeds by decree”). This difference motivates fasl.