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

يَا أَيُّهَا النَّاسُ إِنَّا خَلَقْنَاكُمْ مِنْ ذَكَرٍ وَأُنْثَىٰ
O humanity, We created you from a male and a female.

Al-Ḥujurāt 49:13 opens with yā ayyuhā l-nās, widening the explicit audience to humanity. Human origin and the existence of peoples and tribes provide the frame for mutual recognition rather than inherited superiority.

The nearby verses address believers with yā ayyuhā lladhīna āmanū. The shift of address is observable, but it does not negate the earlier ethical instructions or imply abrogation.

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

يَا أَيُّهَا النَّاسُ إِنَّا خَلَقْنَاكُمْ مِنْ ذَكَرٍ وَأُنْثَىٰ
O humanity, We created you from a male and a female.

Al-Ḥujurāt 49:13 opens with yā ayyuhā l-nās, widening the explicit audience to humanity. Human origin and the existence of peoples and tribes provide the frame for mutual recognition rather than inherited superiority.

The nearby verses address believers with yā ayyuhā lladhīna āmanū. The shift of address is observable, but it does not negate the earlier ethical instructions or imply abrogation.