Then, they may use it before the exception when the exception is rare and unusual, as if due to its rarity they sought support from Allāh in affirming its existence. Some scholars have said: It is common in the speech of eloquent speakers, as al-Muṭarrizī mentioned, and al-Ṭībī pointed this out in Sūrah al-Muddaththir in al-Kashf after some discussion: As for their saying, "O Allāh, except if it is such and such," the assumption is that the exception is sought with the help of Allāh to achieve it, indicating its rarity and that it was not mentioned except after entrusting the matter to Allāh. End. The distinguished scholar Ṣadr al-Sharīʿah mentioned at the beginning of his book "al-Tawḍīḥ Sharḥ al-Tanqīḥ" that the mentioned exception is emptied from the most general circumstances because sources can sometimes act as circumstances, like saying: "I will come to you at dawn," meaning: at the time of its rising. End. The scholar Badr al-Dīn al-Damāminī clarified this in his commentary on "al-Mughnī" when discussing the word "ʿasā," at the author's statement: "However, the ellipsis occurs in 'yaqūm' and not in 'ʿasā,' unless you assume the two verbs are competing over Zayd." He said: The exception in the author's statement is emptied of the adverbial clause, and the estimation is: However, the ellipsis occurs in 'yaqūm' and not in 'ʿasā' at all times except when you assume