كَلَّا لَيُنْبَذَنَّ فِي الْحُطَمَةِ
No indeed, he will certainly be cast into the Crusher. (الهمزة: 4)
فَجَعَلَهُمْ كَعَصْفٍ مَأْكُولٍ
He left them like chewed straw. (الفيل: 5)
Three rules govern both passages: (1) establish grammatical form, (2) preserve the discourse sequence, and (3) do not claim more than the wording supports. Al-Humazah prominently uses warning, emphasis, and magnification; al-Fīl uses rhetorical acknowledgment, vivid narration, and result-marking faʾ.
A useful rhetorical reading does more than name a device. It explains the device’s contribution to meaning, tests close alternative readings, and distinguishes secure textual observations from plausible but non-mandatory grammatical or exegetical interpretations.