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وَقَدْ تَكُونُ لِلْمُفَاجَأَةِ، فَيُخْتَارُ بَعْدَهَا الْمُبْتَدَأُ، نَحْوُ: «خَرَجْتُ فَإِذَا السَّبُعُ وَاقِفٌ».
Translation: Idhā may express surprise; a subject follows it, e.g. “I went out, and suddenly a wild beast was standing there.”

Idhā can mark a sudden discovery; this is idha al-fujāʾiyyah. The source prefers a following nominal structure in this use.

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Sudden-event idhā

Indeclinable Adverbs — Ghāyāt, Time and Place

وَقَدْ تَكُونُ لِلْمُفَاجَأَةِ، فَيُخْتَارُ بَعْدَهَا الْمُبْتَدَأُ، نَحْوُ: «خَرَجْتُ فَإِذَا السَّبُعُ وَاقِفٌ».
Translation: Idhā may express surprise; a subject follows it, e.g. “I went out, and suddenly a wild beast was standing there.”

Idhā can mark a sudden discovery; this is idha al-fujāʾiyyah. The source prefers a following nominal structure in this use.