وَأَمَّا السَّائِلَ فَلَا تَنْهَرْ
And do not rebuke the petitioner.
Verse 93:10 repeats the structural pattern wa-ammā ... fa-lā found in 93:9. This parallelism links two practical prohibitions toward persons in vulnerable positions.
Sāʾil refers to one who asks, and the verse disallows rebuking that person. The repeated syntax creates coherence with the preceding prohibition, not merely pleasing sound.
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Practice 6: Advanced Qur’anic Coherence: Verse Connections and Rhetorical Relationships
وَأَمَّا السَّائِلَ فَلَا تَنْهَرْ
And do not rebuke the petitioner.
Verse 93:10 repeats the structural pattern wa-ammā ... fa-lā found in 93:9. This parallelism links two practical prohibitions toward persons in vulnerable positions.
Sāʾil refers to one who asks, and the verse disallows rebuking that person. The repeated syntax creates coherence with the preceding prohibition, not merely pleasing sound.