LessonsSupplementary Practice 17: Market Inspection, Evidential Scope, and Rhetorical PrecisionQuiz

اضْبِطُوا الْمَوَازِينَ، وَلَا تَتَّهِمُوا أَحَدًا بِلَا دَلِيلٍ.
Keep the scales accurate, and do not accuse anyone without evidence.

The first verb is an imperative and the second a prohibition. Both are non-declarative directives, though one requires an act and the other restrains an act. In advisory discourse, the likely purpose is correction and guidance; one should not label every order a threat or every prohibition an insult.

The conjunction is natural because both directives serve the shared purpose of a fair inspection. This discourse link is distinct from each clause’s internal syntax.

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Supplementary Practice 17: Market Inspection, Evidential Scope, and Rhetorical Precision

اضْبِطُوا الْمَوَازِينَ، وَلَا تَتَّهِمُوا أَحَدًا بِلَا دَلِيلٍ.
Keep the scales accurate, and do not accuse anyone without evidence.

The first verb is an imperative and the second a prohibition. Both are non-declarative directives, though one requires an act and the other restrains an act. In advisory discourse, the likely purpose is correction and guidance; one should not label every order a threat or every prohibition an insult.

The conjunction is natural because both directives serve the shared purpose of a fair inspection. This discourse link is distinct from each clause’s internal syntax.