StagePropositionDiscourse function
1Taʾakhkhara al-barīdOpening assertion
2Inqaṭaʿa al-ṭarīqCausal answer to an implied question
3Wa-lammā ṣafā al-jawwu waṣalaLater temporal development
Separation between the first two clauses highlights the implied question and its answer. The third uses wāw to carry the narrative forward and lammā to structure the time relation. Translating every relationship as an undifferentiated “then” would conceal explanatory resumption, cause and sequence.
Whole-passage analysis thus goes beyond parsing individual sentences: it tracks how the author releases information over time.