LessonsIʿtirāḍ and the Relative Measure of Ījāz and Iṭnāb — Concluding Volume 1Quiz

The wording bi-jumlatin aw akthar explicitly allows one or more clauses. A parenthetical unit may contain two or more connected assertions that develop a single aside, before the main discourse resumes.

Plurality of clauses is not a disqualifying feature. Yet each added clause must support a coherent rhetorical function. A sequence of unrelated statements does not qualify as a parenthesis simply because it is placed between two other statements.

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A parenthesis may contain several clauses

Iʿtirāḍ and the Relative Measure of Ījāz and Iṭnāb — Concluding Volume 1

The wording bi-jumlatin aw akthar explicitly allows one or more clauses. A parenthetical unit may contain two or more connected assertions that develop a single aside, before the main discourse resumes.

Plurality of clauses is not a disqualifying feature. Yet each added clause must support a coherent rhetorical function. A sequence of unrelated statements does not qualify as a parenthesis simply because it is placed between two other statements.