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

لِإِيلَافِ قُرَيْشٍ
In view of Quraysh’s accustomed security and association. (106:1)
إِيلَافِهِمْ رِحْلَةَ الشِّتَاءِ وَالصَّيْفِ
Their accustomed winter and summer journeys. (106:2)
فَلْيَعْبُدُوا رَبَّ هَٰذَا الْبَيْتِ
So let them worship the Lord of this House. (106:3)
الَّذِي أَطْعَمَهُم مِّن جُوعٍ وَآمَنَهُم مِّنْ خَوْفٍ
Who fed them against hunger and gave them security against fear. (106:4)

The opening recalls a favor, the third verse demands a fitting response, and the final verse identifies the Lord through beneficent acts. The four verses form a coherent progression.

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Sūrat Quraysh: the four-verse passage

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

لِإِيلَافِ قُرَيْشٍ
In view of Quraysh’s accustomed security and association. (106:1)
إِيلَافِهِمْ رِحْلَةَ الشِّتَاءِ وَالصَّيْفِ
Their accustomed winter and summer journeys. (106:2)
فَلْيَعْبُدُوا رَبَّ هَٰذَا الْبَيْتِ
So let them worship the Lord of this House. (106:3)
الَّذِي أَطْعَمَهُم مِّن جُوعٍ وَآمَنَهُم مِّنْ خَوْفٍ
Who fed them against hunger and gave them security against fear. (106:4)

The opening recalls a favor, the third verse demands a fitting response, and the final verse identifies the Lord through beneficent acts. The four verses form a coherent progression.