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

وُجُوهٌ يَوْمَئِذٍ نَاعِمَةٌ ۞ لِسَعْيِهَا رَاضِيَةٌ ۞ فِي جَنَّةٍ عَالِيَةٍ
Other faces that Day will be radiant, pleased with their striving, in a lofty Garden. (88:8–10)

The first scene had “faces that Day downcast”; this one repeats the grammatical frame with “faces that Day radiant.” Parallel wording with contrasting predicates sharpens the division between the two destinies.

Placing “with their striving” before “pleased” emphasizes the reason for satisfaction without automatically implying strict exclusivity. “In a lofty Garden” reverses the earlier scene of fire and abasement.

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Blissful faces: a balanced contrast

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

وُجُوهٌ يَوْمَئِذٍ نَاعِمَةٌ ۞ لِسَعْيِهَا رَاضِيَةٌ ۞ فِي جَنَّةٍ عَالِيَةٍ
Other faces that Day will be radiant, pleased with their striving, in a lofty Garden. (88:8–10)

The first scene had “faces that Day downcast”; this one repeats the grammatical frame with “faces that Day radiant.” Parallel wording with contrasting predicates sharpens the division between the two destinies.

Placing “with their striving” before “pleased” emphasizes the reason for satisfaction without automatically implying strict exclusivity. “In a lofty Garden” reverses the earlier scene of fire and abasement.