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وَتَخْشَى النَّاسَ وَاللَّهُ أَحَقُّ أَنْ تَخْشَاهُ
You fear people, whereas God has more right to be feared.

The related forms “takhshā” and “takhshāhu” bind the earlier part of the expression to its close. A different near-synonym at the end may preserve the statement while diminishing that verbal return.

Critical analysis first locates both terms and establishes their positions. Showing two similar forms somewhere in a passage is not by itself a complete analysis of the specific device and its structural role.

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The verbal link between the beginning and end

Supplementary Master Practicum: Rhetorical Criticism, Revision and Justified Interpretation

وَتَخْشَى النَّاسَ وَاللَّهُ أَحَقُّ أَنْ تَخْشَاهُ
You fear people, whereas God has more right to be feared.

The related forms “takhshā” and “takhshāhu” bind the earlier part of the expression to its close. A different near-synonym at the end may preserve the statement while diminishing that verbal return.

Critical analysis first locates both terms and establishes their positions. Showing two similar forms somewhere in a passage is not by itself a complete analysis of the specific device and its structural role.