A subtle interpretive question is whether «قَالَ» clarifies the full earlier clause or only the lexical meaning of “whispering.” The issue for faṣl is the relationship between the two clauses, not merely a dictionary gloss of one verb.
Reducing the second clause to an explanation of a single word can conceal its discourse role. The first clause reports the whisper; the second responds to the question naturally raised about what that whisper contained.
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Faṣl: Substitution, Quasi-Complete Connection and Quasi-Complete Disjunction
A subtle interpretive question is whether «قَالَ» clarifies the full earlier clause or only the lexical meaning of “whispering.” The issue for faṣl is the relationship between the two clauses, not merely a dictionary gloss of one verb.
Reducing the second clause to an explanation of a single word can conceal its discourse role. The first clause reports the whisper; the second responds to the question naturally raised about what that whisper contained.