What does hādhā contribute in rabba hādhā l-bayt?
Supplementary Practice 21: Comparative Rhetorical Study of Sūrat Quraysh and al-Māʿūn
- It identifies a House familiar to the audience and makes the reference concrete
- Treat the demonstrative as spatial proximity without audience relevance
- Treat hādhā as a relative and al-bayt as its clause
- Take the definite House to refer to an unidentified house