لَكُمْ دِينُكُمْ وَلِيَ دِينِ
For you is your religion, and for me is mine. (109:6)
Lakum and liya are fronted prepositional expressions; dīnukum and dīn are the nominal expressions with which they are predicated. Fronting makes the reciprocal assignment salient and closes the four detailed negations with a compressed contrast.
The effect is a strong distinction of allegiance, not an assertion that every belief is equally true. The immediate context is a refusal to merge forms of worship.
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Supplementary Practice 22: Comparative Rhetorical Study of Sūrat al-Kāfirūn and al-Naṣr
لَكُمْ دِينُكُمْ وَلِيَ دِينِ
For you is your religion, and for me is mine. (109:6)
Lakum and liya are fronted prepositional expressions; dīnukum and dīn are the nominal expressions with which they are predicated. Fronting makes the reciprocal assignment salient and closes the four detailed negations with a compressed contrast.
The effect is a strong distinction of allegiance, not an assertion that every belief is equally true. The immediate context is a refusal to merge forms of worship.