إِنْ نَحْنُ إِلَّا بَشَرٌ مِثْلُكُمْ
We are only human beings like you.
The messengers acknowledge their humanity while rejecting the conclusion that no human may receive a divine mission. The reply accepts the true part of the objection without conceding its false inference.
A key rhetorical lesson follows: similar restriction formulas can perform different argumentative functions depending on who speaks, who is addressed, and what claim is being answered.
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Restriction by Fronting and the Rhetorical Contrast of Qasr Methods
إِنْ نَحْنُ إِلَّا بَشَرٌ مِثْلُكُمْ
We are only human beings like you.
The messengers acknowledge their humanity while rejecting the conclusion that no human may receive a divine mission. The reply accepts the true part of the objection without conceding its false inference.
A key rhetorical lesson follows: similar restriction formulas can perform different argumentative functions depending on who speaks, who is addressed, and what claim is being answered.