وَإِلَىٰ رَبِّكَ فَارْغَبْ
And turn your longing toward your Lord.
In Ash-Sharḥ 94:8 the prepositional phrase ilā rabbika comes before farghab. First identify the preposing, then discuss its effect in directing longing toward God, while relating the line to the instruction in 94:7 and reassurance in 94:5–6.
Lexical meaning, syntax, discourse relationship and literary function are four connected but distinct questions. A good solution answers all of them without substituting one for another.
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Practice 7: Ellipsis, Preposing and Contextual Meaning in Qur’anic Expression
وَإِلَىٰ رَبِّكَ فَارْغَبْ
And turn your longing toward your Lord.
In Ash-Sharḥ 94:8 the prepositional phrase ilā rabbika comes before farghab. First identify the preposing, then discuss its effect in directing longing toward God, while relating the line to the instruction in 94:7 and reassurance in 94:5–6.
Lexical meaning, syntax, discourse relationship and literary function are four connected but distinct questions. A good solution answers all of them without substituting one for another.