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

وَلَا أَنْتُمْ ... وَلَا أَنَا ... وَلَا أَنْتُمْ
Nor you ... nor I ... nor you. (109:3–5)

These instances of wāw connect successive negative clauses into a coherent sequence. They are neither oath particles nor automatic markers of circumstance. Repeated wa-lā brings each predication into focus while keeping the reciprocal argument unified.

Coordination is appropriate because the statements concern the same dispute and alternate between its two parties. The conjunction does not imply that the content of each party's worship is equivalent.

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Wāw coordinating successive negative clauses

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

وَلَا أَنْتُمْ ... وَلَا أَنَا ... وَلَا أَنْتُمْ
Nor you ... nor I ... nor you. (109:3–5)

These instances of wāw connect successive negative clauses into a coherent sequence. They are neither oath particles nor automatic markers of circumstance. Repeated wa-lā brings each predication into focus while keeping the reciprocal argument unified.

Coordination is appropriate because the statements concern the same dispute and alternate between its two parties. The conjunction does not imply that the content of each party's worship is equivalent.