Why is “aʿizzatin ʿalā al-kāfirīn” important after “adhillatin ʿalā al-muʾminīn” (5:54)?
Iṭnāb: Tadhyīl, Takmīl (Iḥtirās), and Tatmīm
- It deletes the first description syntactically
- It negates gentleness toward believers
- It prevents the misunderstanding that humility implies weakness
- It requires exactly the same behavior toward everyone