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

لَيُنْبَذَنَّ فِي الْحُطَمَةِ
He will surely be hurled into the Crusher. (الهمزة: 4)

La-yunbadhanna contains the emphatic lām and heavy nūn, reinforcing certainty. The passive verb directs attention to the person being cast away and his fate, without foregrounding the agent in that clause.

The lexical idea of being thrown aside heightens the reversal of proud self-confidence. Passive voice has multiple possible functions in Arabic; in this context the prominent effect is the vivid focus on punishment rather than a universal rule about every passive verb.

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Emphasis and passive focus in la-yunbadhanna

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

لَيُنْبَذَنَّ فِي الْحُطَمَةِ
He will surely be hurled into the Crusher. (الهمزة: 4)

La-yunbadhanna contains the emphatic lām and heavy nūn, reinforcing certainty. The passive verb directs attention to the person being cast away and his fate, without foregrounding the agent in that clause.

The lexical idea of being thrown aside heightens the reversal of proud self-confidence. Passive voice has multiple possible functions in Arabic; in this context the prominent effect is the vivid focus on punishment rather than a universal rule about every passive verb.