Is it legitimate to analyze alladhī aṭʿamahum as syntactically descriptive and rhetorically explanatory?
Supplementary Practice 21: Comparative Rhetorical Study of Sūrat Quraysh and al-Māʿūn
- Deny any explanatory force without an overt causal particle
- Yes; syntax and discourse effect can coexist at different levels
- Insist that only full substitution is grammatically possible
- Make the relative clause an imperative solely because it helps explain