Which parsing of wa-lā antum ʿābidūn is correct?
Supplementary Practice 22: Comparative Rhetorical Study of Sūrat al-Kāfirūn and al-Naṣr
- Antum is an object and ʿābidūn a past verb
- ʿĀbidūn is a delayed subject and mā aʿbud a prepositional phrase
- Antum is the subject and ʿābidūn its predicate
- Antum is a vocative particle and ʿābidūn the addressee