LessonsFurther Conditional Rhetoric: In, Idha, Tense and Indirect ImplicationQuiz

«وَمَا لِيَ لَا أَعْبُدُ الَّذِي فَطَرَنِي وَإِلَيْهِ تُرْجَعُونَ»
Why should I not worship the One who created me, when to Him you will be returned?

The speaker begins with first-person reference: ma li and fatarani. The utterance then addresses others through turjaʿun. This moves from an argument made about the speaker to its application to the listeners.

The verse supplies a useful comparison: self-reference in reasoning can lead to admonition directed at others. Such a rhetorical operation should not be reduced to morphology alone.

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An additional Qur’anic comparison from Sūrat Yā Sīn

Further Conditional Rhetoric: In, Idha, Tense and Indirect Implication

«وَمَا لِيَ لَا أَعْبُدُ الَّذِي فَطَرَنِي وَإِلَيْهِ تُرْجَعُونَ»
Why should I not worship the One who created me, when to Him you will be returned?

The speaker begins with first-person reference: ma li and fatarani. The utterance then addresses others through turjaʿun. This moves from an argument made about the speaker to its application to the listeners.

The verse supplies a useful comparison: self-reference in reasoning can lead to admonition directed at others. Such a rhetorical operation should not be reduced to morphology alone.