LessonsDefining the Subject by a Relative Pronoun: Purposes and Rhetorical ApplicationsQuiz

إِنَّ الَّذِينَ كَذَّبُوا شُعَيْبًا كَانُوا هُمُ الْخَاسِرِينَ
Indeed, those who denied Shuʿayb were the very losers.

The relative clause «كذبوا شعيبًا» states the group's conduct, followed by the predicate «الخاسرين». The arrangement makes the denial and its outcome visibly related in meaning.

The relative construction therefore does more than label the people: it connects the assertion with a characteristic that explains its appropriateness. The emphatic elements in «هم الخاسرين» are also relevant to other chapters of rhetoric. (Qur'an, al-Aʿrāf 7:92)

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The relative subject in the account of Shuʿayb

Defining the Subject by a Relative Pronoun: Purposes and Rhetorical Applications

إِنَّ الَّذِينَ كَذَّبُوا شُعَيْبًا كَانُوا هُمُ الْخَاسِرِينَ
Indeed, those who denied Shuʿayb were the very losers.

The relative clause «كذبوا شعيبًا» states the group's conduct, followed by the predicate «الخاسرين». The arrangement makes the denial and its outcome visibly related in meaning.

The relative construction therefore does more than label the people: it connects the assertion with a characteristic that explains its appropriateness. The emphatic elements in «هم الخاسرين» are also relevant to other chapters of rhetoric. (Qur'an, al-Aʿrāf 7:92)