Man introduces a conditional generalization; hāba states the condition and yanalnahu gives its outcome. The feminine plural subject is “deaths” (al-manāyā), while the final -hu is the person who fears them.
Wa-in yarqa adds an extreme hypothetical qualification: even climbing toward the sky does not undo the earlier conclusion. The grammar therefore supports the rhetorical argument as well as the literal translation.
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Zuhayr ibn Abī Sulmā: Mortality, Generosity, Self-Respect and Wisdom of Speech (Verses 53–62)
Man introduces a conditional generalization; hāba states the condition and yanalnahu gives its outcome. The feminine plural subject is “deaths” (al-manāyā), while the final -hu is the person who fears them.
Wa-in yarqa adds an extreme hypothetical qualification: even climbing toward the sky does not undo the earlier conclusion. The grammar therefore supports the rhetorical argument as well as the literal translation.