What is the principal relation of “inqaṭaʿa al-ṭarīqu bi-sababi al-maṭar” to “taʾakhkhara al-barīdu”?

Supplementary Practice 8: Rhetorical Analysis of Five Connected Passages

• A causal answer to the implied question “Why was it delayed?”
• Pure emphasis and repetition of the opening clause
• Complete substitution without new explanatory content
• An arbitrary associative link between unrelated reports