If a passage contains inna, wāw, and ellipsis, what is the first reliable analytical step?
Supplementary Practice 9: How Small Wording Changes Alter Rhetorical Meaning
- Treat every wāw as circumstantial
- Establish syntax, predication and context before classifying rhetorical effects
- Conclude that every inna addresses a denier
- Reconstruct every omission without contextual clues