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

فِيهَا سُرُرٌ مَرْفُوعَةٌ ۞ وَأَكْوَابٌ مَوْضُوعَةٌ ۞ وَنَمَارِقُ مَصْفُوفَةٌ ۞ وَزَرَابِيُّ مَبْثُوثَةٌ
There are raised couches, cups set ready, cushions arranged in rows and carpets spread out. (88:13–16)

Instead of leaving heavenly comfort as an unspecified abstraction, the verses enumerate its settings and equipment. Each noun is paired with a particular quality: elevated, set, aligned or spread.

The wāws coordinate items in a descriptive sequence; this should not be confused with the separate issue of waṣl between two independent clauses. The feminine singular adjectives are grammatically appropriate with these non-rational plurals.

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Couches, cups, cushions and carpets

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

فِيهَا سُرُرٌ مَرْفُوعَةٌ ۞ وَأَكْوَابٌ مَوْضُوعَةٌ ۞ وَنَمَارِقُ مَصْفُوفَةٌ ۞ وَزَرَابِيُّ مَبْثُوثَةٌ
There are raised couches, cups set ready, cushions arranged in rows and carpets spread out. (88:13–16)

Instead of leaving heavenly comfort as an unspecified abstraction, the verses enumerate its settings and equipment. Each noun is paired with a particular quality: elevated, set, aligned or spread.

The wāws coordinate items in a descriptive sequence; this should not be confused with the separate issue of waṣl between two independent clauses. The feminine singular adjectives are grammatically appropriate with these non-rational plurals.