What is emphasized by the book’s “hatta ... ataghadda indaka al-yawm” case?

Particles of Meaning: Aw, Hatta, Ila, Ala, Fi and Ba

• Hatta must retain the literal endpoint sense in every such context
• The restriction “today” removes any relation to the later act
• Hatta may approach a consequential fa-like relation
• Hatta makes the two actions equivalent alternatives here