If an inserted clause is a prayer rather than the manner of the principal action, which label fits?
Supplementary Practice 3: Rhetorical Judgment, Contextual Evidence and Combined Devices
- Treat it as circumstantial because it appears in the middle
- Parenthetical clause (iʿtirāḍ)
- Call it a total substitute because it can be removed
- Treat it as the cause of the principal assertion because it is a prayer