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«إِنَّ الْأَبْرَارَ لَفِي نَعِيمٍ وَإِنَّ الْفُجَّارَ لَفِي جَحِيمٍ»
The righteous are surely in bliss, and the wicked are surely in blazing fire.

The two clauses use a parallel construction reinforced by inna and the emphatic lām. Their content contrasts al-abrār with al-fujjār and naʿīm with jaḥīm.

The rhetorical effect is not simply that endings sound alike; the strong semantic contrast within matching syntax foregrounds the two different outcomes.

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Passage 22: contrast reinforced by parallel syntax

Supplementary Comprehensive Examination — Advanced Arabic Texts and Evidence-Based Rhetorical Analysis

«إِنَّ الْأَبْرَارَ لَفِي نَعِيمٍ وَإِنَّ الْفُجَّارَ لَفِي جَحِيمٍ»
The righteous are surely in bliss, and the wicked are surely in blazing fire.

The two clauses use a parallel construction reinforced by inna and the emphatic lām. Their content contrasts al-abrār with al-fujjār and naʿīm with jaḥīm.

The rhetorical effect is not simply that endings sound alike; the strong semantic contrast within matching syntax foregrounds the two different outcomes.