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هُدًى لِلْمُتَّقِينَ
Guidance for the God-conscious.

“Hudan lil-muttaqīn” brings forward the Book’s guidance for the God-conscious. The preceding negation removes doubt, while this expression supplies a positive quality. Together the passage develops a connected movement from identification to certainty and guidance.

Several grammatical treatments of “hudan” are possible. The important analytical discipline is to determine what each subsequent expression does: reinforce the earlier claim, add an attribute, or form a distinct clause. One should not force every phrase into a single rhetorical category.

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Hudan lil-muttaqīn and the progression of meaning

Cases of Faṣl: Clause Relations, Complete Disjunction and Complete Connection

هُدًى لِلْمُتَّقِينَ
Guidance for the God-conscious.

“Hudan lil-muttaqīn” brings forward the Book’s guidance for the God-conscious. The preceding negation removes doubt, while this expression supplies a positive quality. Together the passage develops a connected movement from identification to certainty and guidance.

Several grammatical treatments of “hudan” are possible. The important analytical discipline is to determine what each subsequent expression does: reinforce the earlier claim, add an attribute, or form a distinct clause. One should not force every phrase into a single rhetorical category.