What is the principal effect of the lām in wa-la-l-ākhiratu khayrun?

Supplementary Practice 18: Rhetorical Analysis of Sūrat al-Ḍuḥā and Sūrat al-Sharḥ

• Making al-ākhira an imperative
• Emphasizing the ensuing comparative statement
• Turning all its meanings into absolute exclusivity
• Making mina al-ūlā the subject