LessonsSupplementary Practice 20: Comparative Rhetorical Study of Sūrat al-Humazah and al-FīlQuiz

أَلَمْ يَجْعَلْ كَيْدَهُمْ فِي تَضْلِيلٍ
Did He not bring their plot to ruin? (الفيل: 2)

The first rhetorical question recalls the event as a whole; the second highlights the failure of the plot. Kayd is the hostile scheme, while fī taḍlīl depicts its collapse and futility.

Alam yajʿal is interrogative in form but seeks acknowledgment of an affirmative proposition. This is rhetorical confirmation, not a genuine request for new information. The concise verdict precedes the details supplied in the next verses.

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A second rhetorical question: the plot undone

Supplementary Practice 20: Comparative Rhetorical Study of Sūrat al-Humazah and al-Fīl

أَلَمْ يَجْعَلْ كَيْدَهُمْ فِي تَضْلِيلٍ
Did He not bring their plot to ruin? (الفيل: 2)

The first rhetorical question recalls the event as a whole; the second highlights the failure of the plot. Kayd is the hostile scheme, while fī taḍlīl depicts its collapse and futility.

Alam yajʿal is interrogative in form but seeks acknowledgment of an affirmative proposition. This is rhetorical confirmation, not a genuine request for new information. The concise verdict precedes the details supplied in the next verses.