«للشرطية أيضاً أجزاء»
A conditional also has components.
«ويسمى الجزء الأول منها مقدماً، والجزء الثاني منها تالياً»
The first component is called the antecedent and the second the consequent.
“If the sun rises, daylight exists” consists of:
Antecedent: The sun rises.
Consequent: Daylight exists.
The antecedent occupies the conditional position and the consequent the related result position. “Antecedent” refers to its logical or verbal position; it need not always mean that one event happened earlier in time.