LessonsSupplementary Practice 21: Comparative Rhetorical Study of Sūrat Quraysh and al-MāʿūnQuiz

وَلَا يَحُضُّ عَلَىٰ طَعَامِ الْمِسْكِينِ
And does not even encourage feeding a needy person. (107:3)

Wāw adds a second reprehensible behavior to the first; lā negates the imperfect verb. One clause depicts harsh treatment of an orphan, the other the failure to encourage relief for the poor. Coordination presents related yet distinct faults.

The wording does not merely say that the person personally fails to feed someone. Yaḥuḍḍu concerns urging or encouraging others, a more specific action that the rhetorical explanation must preserve.

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Wa-lā yaḥuḍḍu: coordination expands the criticism

Supplementary Practice 21: Comparative Rhetorical Study of Sūrat Quraysh and al-Māʿūn

وَلَا يَحُضُّ عَلَىٰ طَعَامِ الْمِسْكِينِ
And does not even encourage feeding a needy person. (107:3)

Wāw adds a second reprehensible behavior to the first; lā negates the imperfect verb. One clause depicts harsh treatment of an orphan, the other the failure to encourage relief for the poor. Coordination presents related yet distinct faults.

The wording does not merely say that the person personally fails to feed someone. Yaḥuḍḍu concerns urging or encouraging others, a more specific action that the rhetorical explanation must preserve.