What can the imperfect forms in “tanqashiʿu al-suḥubu fa-yaẓharu al-qamaru” suggest?
Supplementary Practice 16: Observing the Sky, Evidential Scope and Rhetorical Precision
- Only the remote past
- Necessary habitual repetition
- An unfolding scene pictured vividly, as context allows
- Two nominal subjects