Author’s initial account: the accusative explains the preceding action’s reason.
Al-Zajjāj’s reconstruction: supply a verb cognate with the verbal noun, yielding an absolute-object relation.
The reconstruction is an analytical device, not a claim that the original wording literally contains those replacement verbs.
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Al-Mafʿūl Lahu: Expressing the Reason for an Action
Author’s initial account: the accusative explains the preceding action’s reason.
Al-Zajjāj’s reconstruction: supply a verb cognate with the verbal noun, yielding an absolute-object relation.
The reconstruction is an analytical device, not a claim that the original wording literally contains those replacement verbs.