What distinguishes “wa-hum āminūn” from “wa-l-ḥamdu lillāh” in that inserted sequence?
Supplementary Practice 12: Rhetorical Evidence, Competing Analyses and Reasoned Revision
- The first is supplication, the second a cognate accusative
- Both are construct phrases
- Both are conditional results
- The first states the workers’ circumstance; the second expresses independent praise