LessonsStates of Assertoric Predication: Purposes of Reports and Three Audience StatesQuiz

إِنَّا إِلَيْكُمْ مُرْسَلُونَ
Indeed, we have been sent to you.

رَبُّنَا يَعْلَمُ إِنَّا إِلَيْكُمْ لَمُرْسَلُونَ
Our Lord knows that we have surely been sent to you.

In Qur’an 36:14–16 the messengers’ claim meets increasing resistance. The latter wording brings more pronounced reinforcement: inna, the emphatic lām, and the appeal «رَبُّنَا يَعْلَمُ».

This illustrates how a speaker may intensify the statement in response to denial. The present lesson isolates that rhetorical movement, without attempting a full explanation of the entire narrative.

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States of Assertoric Predication: Purposes of Reports and Three Audience States

إِنَّا إِلَيْكُمْ مُرْسَلُونَ
Indeed, we have been sent to you.

رَبُّنَا يَعْلَمُ إِنَّا إِلَيْكُمْ لَمُرْسَلُونَ
Our Lord knows that we have surely been sent to you.

In Qur’an 36:14–16 the messengers’ claim meets increasing resistance. The latter wording brings more pronounced reinforcement: inna, the emphatic lām, and the appeal «رَبُّنَا يَعْلَمُ».

This illustrates how a speaker may intensify the statement in response to denial. The present lesson isolates that rhetorical movement, without attempting a full explanation of the entire narrative.