«وَقَالُوا لَوْلَا أُنْزِلَ عَلَيْهِ مَلَكٌ وَلَوْ أَنْزَلْنَا مَلَكًا لَقُضِيَ الْأَمْرُ»
They said: Why was an angel not sent down to him? Had We sent an angel, the matter would have been decided. (Qurʾān 6:8)
Qālū reports the demand, whereas wa-law anzalnā introduces a hypothetical condition with la-quḍiya al-amr as its consequent. The rhetorical issue is the scope of coordination between discourse units; wāw need not be analysed simply as joining the closest individual verbs.
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Refining the Jāmiʿ and the Conditions of Elegant Coordination
«وَقَالُوا لَوْلَا أُنْزِلَ عَلَيْهِ مَلَكٌ وَلَوْ أَنْزَلْنَا مَلَكًا لَقُضِيَ الْأَمْرُ»
They said: Why was an angel not sent down to him? Had We sent an angel, the matter would have been decided. (Qurʾān 6:8)
Qālū reports the demand, whereas wa-law anzalnā introduces a hypothetical condition with la-quḍiya al-amr as its consequent. The rhetorical issue is the scope of coordination between discourse units; wāw need not be analysed simply as joining the closest individual verbs.