When is "Am" connected and when is it disconnected?

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The Shaykh : Yes, O Muhammad.
The student: ...

The Shaykh : Ah?
The student: ...

The Shaykh : If what follows it is equivalent to what precedes it, then it is connected; if it is not equivalent to it, then it is not connected. Did you understand?
The student: It means

The Shaykh :

Or do they say [of you], "A poet for whom we await a misfortune of time?"

أم يقولون شاعر نتربص به ريب المنون

[At-Tur 52:30]

This is disconnected because it does not equal what came before it.

⁽²⁹⁾ So remind [O Muhammad], for you are not, by the favor of your Lord, a soothsayer or a madman. ⁽³⁰⁾ Or do they say [of you], "A poet

فذكر فما أنت بنعمت ربك بكاهن ولا مجنون أم يقولون شاعر

[At-Tur 52:29-30]

Do you feel that this is equivalent to the first? It is not equivalent to it.

Or do they say [of you], "A poet for whom we await a misfortune of time?"

أم يقولون شاعر نتربص به ريب المنون

[At-Tur 52:30]

⁽³¹⁾ Say, "Wait, for indeed I am, with you, among the waiters." ⁽³²⁾ Or do

قل تربصوا فإني معكم من المتربصين أم تأمرهم

[At-Tur 52:31-32]

Is "Do they command them" equivalent to "They say he is a poet"? No.

Or do their minds command them to [say] this, or are they a transgressing people?

أم تأمرهم أحلاهم بهذا أم هم قوم طاغون

[At-Tur 52:32]

This could be either disconnected or connected, but it appears to be disconnected. That is, Allah negated the first by stating that their dreams did not command them, then affirmed that they are a transgressing people. Do you have the grammatical parsing?

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