الَّذِي أَطْعَمَهُم مِّن جُوعٍ
Who fed them against hunger. (106:4)
The relative expression alladhī describes or further identifies the previously mentioned Lord. Its relative clause recalls a beneficent act, giving the command a readily grasped rationale: the giver of sustenance deserves worship.
A causal rhetorical effect need not always be expressed by an overt causal particle. The syntax may be adjectival while the discourse effect is explanatory or justificatory.
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Supplementary Practice 21: Comparative Rhetorical Study of Sūrat Quraysh and al-Māʿūn
الَّذِي أَطْعَمَهُم مِّن جُوعٍ
Who fed them against hunger. (106:4)
The relative expression alladhī describes or further identifies the previously mentioned Lord. Its relative clause recalls a beneficent act, giving the command a readily grasped rationale: the giver of sustenance deserves worship.
A causal rhetorical effect need not always be expressed by an overt causal particle. The syntax may be adjectival while the discourse effect is explanatory or justificatory.