LessonsIṭnāb: Tadhyīl, Takmīl (Iḥtirās), and TatmīmQuiz

﴿ذَٰلِكَ جَزَيْنَاهُمْ بِمَا كَفَرُوا وَهَلْ نُجَازِي إِلَّا الْكَفُورَ﴾
Thus We recompensed them for their ingratitude; and do We recompense in this manner anyone but the persistently ungrateful? (Sabaʾ 34:17)

The first portion describes a specific retribution. The rhetorical question that follows supports the same judgment and suggests a limiting principle. It is not a request for information: its interrogative form conveys restriction or denial. One must identify the intended scope of the question before assigning the example to a particular subtype of tadhyīl.

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The Sabaʾ passage: particular retribution and a general claim

Iṭnāb: Tadhyīl, Takmīl (Iḥtirās), and Tatmīm

﴿ذَٰلِكَ جَزَيْنَاهُمْ بِمَا كَفَرُوا وَهَلْ نُجَازِي إِلَّا الْكَفُورَ﴾
Thus We recompensed them for their ingratitude; and do We recompense in this manner anyone but the persistently ungrateful? (Sabaʾ 34:17)

The first portion describes a specific retribution. The rhetorical question that follows supports the same judgment and suggests a limiting principle. It is not a request for information: its interrogative form conveys restriction or denial. One must identify the intended scope of the question before assigning the example to a particular subtype of tadhyīl.