LessonsSupplementary Practice 25 — Comparative Rhetoric of Sūrat az-Zalzalah and Sūrat al-ʿĀdiyātQuiz

وَأَخْرَجَتِ الْأَرْضُ أَثْقَالَهَا
And the earth brings out its burdens. (99:2)

The first verse concentrates on the earth’s shaking; the second explicitly repeats al-arḍu and adds a fresh predicate, akhrajat. Repeating the noun keeps the same subject in focus while marking a distinct stage. Athqālahā portrays the bringing forth of what had been contained within.

This repetition is not empty redundancy. It allows two independent but connected events to unfold in a sequence. Nor should every repeated noun be called tadhyīl: this clause does not merely generalize the previous assertion, but advances the event.

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Repetition of al-arḍ and progression of the scene

Supplementary Practice 25 — Comparative Rhetoric of Sūrat az-Zalzalah and Sūrat al-ʿĀdiyāt

وَأَخْرَجَتِ الْأَرْضُ أَثْقَالَهَا
And the earth brings out its burdens. (99:2)

The first verse concentrates on the earth’s shaking; the second explicitly repeats al-arḍu and adds a fresh predicate, akhrajat. Repeating the noun keeps the same subject in focus while marking a distinct stage. Athqālahā portrays the bringing forth of what had been contained within.

This repetition is not empty redundancy. It allows two independent but connected events to unfold in a sequence. Nor should every repeated noun be called tadhyīl: this clause does not merely generalize the previous assertion, but advances the event.