هَلْ أَتَاكَ حَدِيثُ الْغَاشِيَةِ
Has the account of the Overwhelming Event reached you? (88:1)
Hal is interrogative, but the context suggests more than a request for unknown information: it arouses attention, anticipation and awe. The epithet “the Overwhelming” itself suggests the all-encompassing nature of the event.
No simple yes/no answer follows; the subsequent verses unfold the event in scenes. The question and the exposition form a coherent rhetorical progression.
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Supplementary Practice 28 — Comparative Rhetoric of Sūrat al-Aʿlā and Sūrat al-Ghāshiyah
هَلْ أَتَاكَ حَدِيثُ الْغَاشِيَةِ
Has the account of the Overwhelming Event reached you? (88:1)
Hal is interrogative, but the context suggests more than a request for unknown information: it arouses attention, anticipation and awe. The epithet “the Overwhelming” itself suggests the all-encompassing nature of the event.
No simple yes/no answer follows; the subsequent verses unfold the event in scenes. The question and the exposition form a coherent rhetorical progression.