A listener simply wants to know whether the judge has arrived. Which is the natural initial report?
Supplementary Practice 4: Audience, Emphasis, Restriction and Rhetorical Judgment
- Ḥaḍara al-qāḍī
- Mā ḥaḍara illā al-qāḍī
- Wa-llāhi inna al-qāḍiya la-ḥāḍirun
- Hal ḥaḍara al-qāḍī?