LessonsSupplementary Practice 28 — Comparative Rhetoric of Sūrat al-Aʿlā and Sūrat al-GhāshiyahQuiz

قَدْ أَفْلَحَ مَنْ تَزَكَّىٰ ۞ وَذَكَرَ اسْمَ رَبِّهِ فَصَلَّىٰ
Certainly successful is the one who purifies oneself, remembers the Lord’s name, and then prays. (87:14–15)

Qad with the perfect verb reinforces the realization of success. The relative expression “whoever purifies oneself” characterizes the successful without identifying a single named individual.

Wāw coordinates remembrance with purification, while fāʾ connects the resulting act of prayer with remembrance. This positive verdict contrasts with the preceding fate of the most wretched, producing a deliberate moral opposition.

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Sure success: an emphatic verdict

Supplementary Practice 28 — Comparative Rhetoric of Sūrat al-Aʿlā and Sūrat al-Ghāshiyah

قَدْ أَفْلَحَ مَنْ تَزَكَّىٰ ۞ وَذَكَرَ اسْمَ رَبِّهِ فَصَلَّىٰ
Certainly successful is the one who purifies oneself, remembers the Lord’s name, and then prays. (87:14–15)

Qad with the perfect verb reinforces the realization of success. The relative expression “whoever purifies oneself” characterizes the successful without identifying a single named individual.

Wāw coordinates remembrance with purification, while fāʾ connects the resulting act of prayer with remembrance. This positive verdict contrasts with the preceding fate of the most wretched, producing a deliberate moral opposition.