What caution is required when analyzing ḥammālata al-ḥaṭab?

Supplementary Practice 23: Comparative Rhetorical Study of Sūrat al-Masad and al-Ikhlāṣ

• Treat a figurative reading as the only possible literal meaning
• Make ḥaṭab mean wealth in every context
• Distinguish literal carrying from possible figurative characterization
• Treat ḥammāla as a past-tense verb