LessonsSupplementary Practice 22: Comparative Rhetorical Study of Sūrat al-Kāfirūn and al-NaṣrQuiz

إِنَّهُ كَانَ تَوَّابًا
Indeed, He is ever accepting of repentance. (110:3)

Inna adds assertion, -hu is its subject, and kāna tawwāban forms its predicate. Tawwāban is the accusative predicate of kāna; its intensive form conveys abundant acceptance of repentance. Kāna here is not properly reduced to a quality that existed only in a closed past period.

The final declaration gives a reassuring rationale for the order to seek forgiveness. Tawwāb describes Allah as accepting repentance, not as one who himself repents.

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Innahu kāna tawwāban as an explanatory conclusion

Supplementary Practice 22: Comparative Rhetorical Study of Sūrat al-Kāfirūn and al-Naṣr

إِنَّهُ كَانَ تَوَّابًا
Indeed, He is ever accepting of repentance. (110:3)

Inna adds assertion, -hu is its subject, and kāna tawwāban forms its predicate. Tawwāban is the accusative predicate of kāna; its intensive form conveys abundant acceptance of repentance. Kāna here is not properly reduced to a quality that existed only in a closed past period.

The final declaration gives a reassuring rationale for the order to seek forgiveness. Tawwāb describes Allah as accepting repentance, not as one who himself repents.