LessonsThe Predicate as a Single Expression: Causal Linkage, Clauses, Verbs and NounsQuiz

The term *sababī* should not be reduced to verbal clauses with an overt agent. When a quality is attributed to a related entity rather than directly to the initial subject, causal linkage may exist even when the expression contains an adjective.

Terminological differences arise about how to classify causally linked descriptions and clauses. Al-Sakkākī's treatment is not always presented through exactly the same boundaries as the simple grammatical division, so the positions should not be flattened into a single unqualified rule.

Analytical method: Identify the internal bearer of the quality, find any pronoun returning to the initial subject, and only then classify the expression as an adjective, non-clausal predicate or clause.

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The scope of the term sababī

The Predicate as a Single Expression: Causal Linkage, Clauses, Verbs and Nouns

The term *sababī* should not be reduced to verbal clauses with an overt agent. When a quality is attributed to a related entity rather than directly to the initial subject, causal linkage may exist even when the expression contains an adjective.

Terminological differences arise about how to classify causally linked descriptions and clauses. Al-Sakkākī's treatment is not always presented through exactly the same boundaries as the simple grammatical division, so the positions should not be flattened into a single unqualified rule.

Analytical method: Identify the internal bearer of the quality, find any pronoun returning to the initial subject, and only then classify the expression as an adjective, non-clausal predicate or clause.