What is the linguistic difference between the waw, the fa, and "thumma"?
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Question:
Someone might say: The waw, the fa, and "thumma" are conjunctions that can substitute for one another?
Answer:
"Thumma" is for immediate succession and delay.
As for the waw: it is for conjunction.
And the fa is for sequential order with continuity, where appropriate.
And as for thumma, it is for delay: "So-and-so came, then so-and-so," meaning: after him with a delay; "This is from Allah, then from so-and-so," meaning: after Him; because it is not fitting to be equated with Allah (Exalted and Majestic is He).
Someone might say: The waw, the fa, and "thumma" are conjunctions that can substitute for one another?
Answer:
"Thumma" is for immediate succession and delay.
As for the waw: it is for conjunction.
And the fa is for sequential order with continuity, where appropriate.
And as for thumma, it is for delay: "So-and-so came, then so-and-so," meaning: after him with a delay; "This is from Allah, then from so-and-so," meaning: after Him; because it is not fitting to be equated with Allah (Exalted and Majestic is He).
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