LessonsAl-Wasl wa-l-Fasl: Rhetoric of Joining and Separating SentencesQuiz

فَمَهِّلِ الْكَافِرِينَ أَمْهِلْهُمْ رُوَيْدًا
Grant the disbelievers respite; grant them a little respite.

The second clause reinforces and specifies the first command. They express one tightly integrated meaning: complete connection.

إِنَّمَا نَحْنُ مُسْتَهْزِئُونَ ۝ اللَّهُ يَسْتَهْزِئُ بِهِمْ
“We were only mocking.” Allah requites their mockery.

The second is not a repetition of the first. Their meanings relate, but the first is the hypocrites’ speech and the second a divine statement, so they cannot share the same scope: the intermediate case.

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Distinguishing complete connection from the intermediate case

Al-Wasl wa-l-Fasl: Rhetoric of Joining and Separating Sentences

فَمَهِّلِ الْكَافِرِينَ أَمْهِلْهُمْ رُوَيْدًا
Grant the disbelievers respite; grant them a little respite.

The second clause reinforces and specifies the first command. They express one tightly integrated meaning: complete connection.

إِنَّمَا نَحْنُ مُسْتَهْزِئُونَ ۝ اللَّهُ يَسْتَهْزِئُ بِهِمْ
“We were only mocking.” Allah requites their mockery.

The second is not a repetition of the first. Their meanings relate, but the first is the hypocrites’ speech and the second a divine statement, so they cannot share the same scope: the intermediate case.