LessonsMurāʿāt al-Naẓīr, Corresponding Endings, Irṣād and MushākalahQuiz

إِذَا لَمْ تَسْتَطِعْ شَيْئًا فَدَعْهُ وَجَاوِزْهُ إِلَى مَا تَسْتَطِيعُ
If you cannot do something, leave it and turn to what you can do.

The opening lam tastaṭiʿ introduces inability. The instruction to move beyond that task and toward another leads the hearer to expect the opposite idea at the end, and tastaṭīʿ supplies that conclusion.

The effect is more than repetition or matching sound: the final verb completes the practical meaning of the instruction and has been prepared by the preceding expression.

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Murāʿāt al-Naẓīr, Corresponding Endings, Irṣād and Mushākalah

إِذَا لَمْ تَسْتَطِعْ شَيْئًا فَدَعْهُ وَجَاوِزْهُ إِلَى مَا تَسْتَطِيعُ
If you cannot do something, leave it and turn to what you can do.

The opening lam tastaṭiʿ introduces inability. The instruction to move beyond that task and toward another leads the hearer to expect the opposite idea at the end, and tastaṭīʿ supplies that conclusion.

The effect is more than repetition or matching sound: the final verb completes the practical meaning of the instruction and has been prepared by the preceding expression.