LessonsPractice 7: Ellipsis, Preposing and Contextual Meaning in Qur’anic ExpressionQuiz

فَإِنَّ مَعَ الْعُسْرِ يُسْرًا إِنَّ مَعَ الْعُسْرِ يُسْرًا
With hardship comes ease; indeed, with hardship comes ease.

Ash-Sharḥ 94:5 begins with fa-inna, while 94:6 begins with inna. Their repeated assurance strengthens the message, and the first verse’s fāʾ visibly connects the statement to what precedes.

It is safe to identify reinforcement through repetition. A fixed numerical formula about how many particular eases must accompany a hardship cannot be imposed on word repetition alone without further interpretive evidence.

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Repetition and the first verse’s fāʾ

Practice 7: Ellipsis, Preposing and Contextual Meaning in Qur’anic Expression

فَإِنَّ مَعَ الْعُسْرِ يُسْرًا إِنَّ مَعَ الْعُسْرِ يُسْرًا
With hardship comes ease; indeed, with hardship comes ease.

Ash-Sharḥ 94:5 begins with fa-inna, while 94:6 begins with inna. Their repeated assurance strengthens the message, and the first verse’s fāʾ visibly connects the statement to what precedes.

It is safe to identify reinforcement through repetition. A fixed numerical formula about how many particular eases must accompany a hardship cannot be imposed on word repetition alone without further interpretive evidence.