وَمَا قَلَىٰ
Nor has He become displeased.
Isolated from its verse, wa-mā qalā is less explicit about the person involved. In 93:3 it follows mā waddaʿaka rabbuka, which supplies the relevant addressee. The full verse makes the compact wording intelligible.
Ellipsis does not mean that the intended relation disappears. Translation may express the understood object for clarity; that should not be mistaken for a claim that the Arabic visibly contains an extra word.
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Practice 7: Ellipsis, Preposing and Contextual Meaning in Qur’anic Expression
وَمَا قَلَىٰ
Nor has He become displeased.
Isolated from its verse, wa-mā qalā is less explicit about the person involved. In 93:3 it follows mā waddaʿaka rabbuka, which supplies the relevant addressee. The full verse makes the compact wording intelligible.
Ellipsis does not mean that the intended relation disappears. Translation may express the understood object for clarity; that should not be mistaken for a claim that the Arabic visibly contains an extra word.