LessonsSupplementary Practice 19: Comparative Rhetorical Analysis of Sūrat al-ʿAṣr and al-TakāthurQuiz

وَتَوَاصَوْا بِالْحَقِّ وَتَوَاصَوْا بِالصَّبْرِ
And urged each other to truth, and urged each other to patience. (العصر: 3)

The same verb reappears with two different complements, bil-ḥaqq and bil-ṣabr. Those complements are not the same meaning. Repeating the predicate gives separate prominence to the two obligations and highlights a continuing mutual responsibility.

This can be discussed under purposeful repetition in iṭnāb, not as needless padding. The renewed verb carries a different governed phrase and makes a fresh point. A compressed alternative with one verb and two complements could communicate the subjects but would reduce the parallel emphasis given to each.

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

وَتَوَاصَوْا بِالْحَقِّ وَتَوَاصَوْا بِالصَّبْرِ
And urged each other to truth, and urged each other to patience. (العصر: 3)

The same verb reappears with two different complements, bil-ḥaqq and bil-ṣabr. Those complements are not the same meaning. Repeating the predicate gives separate prominence to the two obligations and highlights a continuing mutual responsibility.

This can be discussed under purposeful repetition in iṭnāb, not as needless padding. The renewed verb carries a different governed phrase and makes a fresh point. A compressed alternative with one verb and two complements could communicate the subjects but would reduce the parallel emphasis given to each.