LessonsInshāʾ: Requestive and Non-requestive Forms, Imperative Constructions and Rhetorical FunctionsQuiz

كُلُوا مِمَّا رَزَقَكُمُ اللَّهُ
Eat from what God has provided for you.

The phrase occurs in Qurʾān 6:142. Its aim is not simply to permit eating; it directs attention to the fact that provision is a gift from God. Thus the rhetorical purpose is imtinān—reminding hearers of benefaction and favor.

كُلُوا: a plural imperative with wāw as subject.
مِمَّا: a combination of min and mā, relating eating to what has been provided.
رَزَقَكُمُ اللَّهُ: a perfect verb, plural object pronoun, and “اللَّهُ” as subject.

Permission and reminding of favor may coexist. Here the explicit reference to the Provider foregrounds imtinān.

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9. Reminding of favor (imtinān)

Inshāʾ: Requestive and Non-requestive Forms, Imperative Constructions and Rhetorical Functions

كُلُوا مِمَّا رَزَقَكُمُ اللَّهُ
Eat from what God has provided for you.

The phrase occurs in Qurʾān 6:142. Its aim is not simply to permit eating; it directs attention to the fact that provision is a gift from God. Thus the rhetorical purpose is imtinān—reminding hearers of benefaction and favor.

كُلُوا: a plural imperative with wāw as subject.
مِمَّا: a combination of min and mā, relating eating to what has been provided.
رَزَقَكُمُ اللَّهُ: a perfect verb, plural object pronoun, and “اللَّهُ” as subject.

Permission and reminding of favor may coexist. Here the explicit reference to the Provider foregrounds imtinān.