Why is the repetition in al-Kāfirūn not simply rhetorical padding?
Supplementary Practice 22: Comparative Rhetorical Study of Sūrat al-Kāfirūn and al-Naṣr
- Because every repeated word must be a relative noun
- Because repetition never adds meaning
- It reinforces the reciprocal denial and removes ambiguity
- Because repetition turns all clauses into interrogatives