Al-Zamakhshari: Difference between revisions

Some of the 7th and 8th centuries scholars have attributed different points of view to Al-Zamakhshari on different topics. However, some books and other historical pieces of evidence from the 7th century showed that some of these views attributed to him were not based on sound ground and that most judgments lacked supporting evidence. One of the competing claims about Al-Zamakhshari is his analysis of the co-occurrence of the interrogative prefix /Ɂʔ-/ with the conjunction words in Arabic, especially in Quranic verses.<ref name=":13">{{Cite journal|last=Ashnani|first=A|date=2018|title=A Comparative Study of Views of AlZamakhshari and Allama Tabataba'i on Comprehension of Qur'anic Interrogatives|journal=Andisheh Allameh|volume=4|issue=7|pages=119–138}}</ref>

=== Interrogative particle ''al-hamza'' /Ɂʔ-/ ===

In Arabic, the [[interrogative]] prefix /Ɂʔ-/ attaches to nominal and verbal sentences to form a yes/no question. Thus, it is used to check information and ask for confirmation or verification. Most of the time, it is prioritized in a sentence, so it may precede [[Conjunction (grammar)|conjunction]] particles, [[Preposition and postposition|prepositions]], the [[complementizer]] [Ɂnnaʔnna] and direct objects (in case of verbal sentences). Indeed, this prefix is viewed as the default interrogative in Arabic.<ref name=":13" /> However, other interrogative particles (which are used to ask yes/no questions or those similar to English wh-question words) usually follow [[Conjunction (grammar)|conjunctions]], namely [wa], [fa] and [θumma], as in:

Fa        hal                yuhlaku              illa       Ɂalʔal-qawm-u      Ɂalʔal-fasiqu:n

When using the interrogative [[Bound and free morphemes#:~:text=In linguistics, a bound morpheme,a type of free form.|bound morpheme]] /Ɂʔ-/, most of the time that it precedes any conjunctions, as in:

Ɂʔ-wa                      kull-ma      ʕahad-u                      ʕahd-an