إِيَّاكَ نَعْبُدُ
You alone we worship.
The unmarked order could be naʿbuduka, placing the object after the verb. Here the object is preposed, giving a focus of exclusivity: worship is directed to Allah alone. This is a clear instance in which word order carries rhetorical force.
Preposing need not signal exclusivity in every construction; it can mark emphasis, thematic prominence or other functions. Here the devotional meaning supplies strong contextual support for a restrictive reading.
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Practice 5: Advanced Applied Balāghah in Selected Qur’anic Passages
إِيَّاكَ نَعْبُدُ
You alone we worship.
The unmarked order could be naʿbuduka, placing the object after the verb. Here the object is preposed, giving a focus of exclusivity: worship is directed to Allah alone. This is a clear instance in which word order carries rhetorical force.
Preposing need not signal exclusivity in every construction; it can mark emphasis, thematic prominence or other functions. Here the devotional meaning supplies strong contextual support for a restrictive reading.