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

إِنْ ثَبَتَ الْخَلَلُ أُصْلِحَ الْمِيزَانُ، وَإِنْ ثَبَتَ الْغِشُّ نُظِرَ فِي أَمْرِ صَاحِبِهِ.
If a fault is established, the scale is repaired; if dishonesty is established, the owner’s case is considered.

The first condition concerns a technical defect, the second the proof of dishonest conduct. Satisfying one does not automatically satisfy the other. Collapsing the two conditions would expand the conclusion beyond the supported premise.

Conditional construction places limits on when a consequence applies. Removing that dependency risks presenting a merely possible or unproved outcome as unconditional.

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Conditional clauses and limited consequences

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

إِنْ ثَبَتَ الْخَلَلُ أُصْلِحَ الْمِيزَانُ، وَإِنْ ثَبَتَ الْغِشُّ نُظِرَ فِي أَمْرِ صَاحِبِهِ.
If a fault is established, the scale is repaired; if dishonesty is established, the owner’s case is considered.

The first condition concerns a technical defect, the second the proof of dishonest conduct. Satisfying one does not automatically satisfy the other. Collapsing the two conditions would expand the conclusion beyond the supported premise.

Conditional construction places limits on when a consequence applies. Removing that dependency risks presenting a merely possible or unproved outcome as unconditional.