In “Choose this or that book,” aw may convey a choice, but other contexts can express uncertainty or classification. Likewise, ila marks an endpoint, yet whether that endpoint belongs within the operative range does not follow identically in every usage.
The interpreter should first ask whether a construction expresses an actual choice, and then whether evidence supports including the endpoint. Memorizing a single gloss for a particle is not enough to settle every detailed application.
Opening interactive controls...
Applied Usul al-Fiqh: Guided Case Studies (Supplementary)
In “Choose this or that book,” aw may convey a choice, but other contexts can express uncertainty or classification. Likewise, ila marks an endpoint, yet whether that endpoint belongs within the operative range does not follow identically in every usage.
The interpreter should first ask whether a construction expresses an actual choice, and then whether evidence supports including the endpoint. Memorizing a single gloss for a particle is not enough to settle every detailed application.