What is the force of “ʿalā wajh al-istiʿlāʾ” in defining a command?
Inshāʾ: Requestive and Non-requestive Forms, Imperative Constructions and Rhetorical Functions
- The request is made in a commanding, superior manner
- The speaker must stand at a higher physical location
- The verb must be in the perfect tense
- The addressee must always be singular masculine