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

فَإِذَا فَرَغْتَ فَانْصَبْ وَإِلَىٰ رَبِّكَ فَارْغَبْ
When you are free, exert yourself, and turn your longing toward your Lord.

Ash-Sharḥ 94:5–6 reassures through repeated assertion, then 94:7–8 issues directions with fanṣab and farghab. The movement is from assurance to action and orientation. The fronted ilā rabbika makes the direction of longing conspicuous.

A full account combines syntax with the end-of-passage transition. Naming the particles alone does not explain why these commands follow the preceding reassurance.

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From reassurance to action

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

فَإِذَا فَرَغْتَ فَانْصَبْ وَإِلَىٰ رَبِّكَ فَارْغَبْ
When you are free, exert yourself, and turn your longing toward your Lord.

Ash-Sharḥ 94:5–6 reassures through repeated assertion, then 94:7–8 issues directions with fanṣab and farghab. The movement is from assurance to action and orientation. The fronted ilā rabbika makes the direction of longing conspicuous.

A full account combines syntax with the end-of-passage transition. Naming the particles alone does not explain why these commands follow the preceding reassurance.