Which caution is important when interpreting zurtum al-maqābir?

Supplementary Practice 19: Comparative Rhetorical Analysis of Sūrat al-ʿAṣr and al-Takāthur

• Treat zurtum as necessarily an active participle
• Do not turn alternative exegetical readings into a single grammatical necessity
• Declare al-maqābir omitted
• Treat ḥattā as an oath wāw in every reading