What is the role of bal in “mā athbattu al-nisbata bal dhakartu annahā muḥtamalatun”?
Supplementary Practice 13: Attribution, Quotation and Evidential Restraint in Rhetorical Analysis
- Coordination of two independent observations without correction
- Restatement of the first in a general tadhyīl
- Correcting the misconception and asserting the qualified claim
- Providing a reason for the first claim while retaining it