LessonsLanguage of Creed: Negation, Restriction and ImplicationQuiz

وَالشَّفَاعَةُ الَّتِي ادَّخَرَهَا لَهُمْ حَقٌّ كَمَا رُوِيَ فِي الْأَخْبَارِ
The intercession reserved for the Prophet ﷺ is true, as transmitted in the reports.

Clause structure: In al-shafāʿatu allatī iddakharahā lahum, allatī is a relative pronoun followed by its clause; the pronoun hā refers back to intercession.

Meaning and inference: The relative clause identifies the intercession reserved for the Prophet ﷺ; that intercession is affirmed as true.

Limit of inference: Without tracking the pronoun, a reader can confuse what is reserved with whom it is reserved for.

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Relative clause identifying the intercession

Language of Creed: Negation, Restriction and Implication

وَالشَّفَاعَةُ الَّتِي ادَّخَرَهَا لَهُمْ حَقٌّ كَمَا رُوِيَ فِي الْأَخْبَارِ
The intercession reserved for the Prophet ﷺ is true, as transmitted in the reports.

Clause structure: In al-shafāʿatu allatī iddakharahā lahum, allatī is a relative pronoun followed by its clause; the pronoun hā refers back to intercession.

Meaning and inference: The relative clause identifies the intercession reserved for the Prophet ﷺ; that intercession is affirmed as true.

Limit of inference: Without tracking the pronoun, a reader can confuse what is reserved with whom it is reserved for.