The rhetorical progression is:
araʾayta → fa-dhālika → wa-lā yaḥuḍḍu → fa-waylun → alladhīna...
The question draws attention; identification follows through conduct; a second fault is added; then a warning is pronounced and qualified. This is a staged disclosure, not a set of detached moral statements.
Disconnecting verse 4 from verses 5–7 risks erasing the restriction that identifies the target of the warning. A powerful opening and accurate scope must be read together.
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Supplementary Practice 21: Comparative Rhetorical Study of Sūrat Quraysh and al-Māʿūn
The rhetorical progression is:
araʾayta → fa-dhālika → wa-lā yaḥuḍḍu → fa-waylun → alladhīna...
The question draws attention; identification follows through conduct; a second fault is added; then a warning is pronounced and qualified. This is a staged disclosure, not a set of detached moral statements.
Disconnecting verse 4 from verses 5–7 risks erasing the restriction that identifies the target of the warning. A powerful opening and accurate scope must be read together.