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

فَذَكِّرْ إِنَّمَا أَنْتَ مُذَكِّرٌ ۞ لَسْتَ عَلَيْهِمْ بِمُصَيْطِرٍ
So remind; you are only a reminder, not one empowered to compel them. (88:21–22)

“So remind” is an imperative. Innamā restricts the function relevant here: the messenger delivers the reminder, not compulsory faith. “You are not a controller over them” reinforces that boundary through negation.

The bāʾ with the predicate of laysa strengthens negation. The restriction is contextual: it cannot legitimately be expanded into a denial of every other established prophetic duty.

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Remind: restriction of the messenger’s role

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

فَذَكِّرْ إِنَّمَا أَنْتَ مُذَكِّرٌ ۞ لَسْتَ عَلَيْهِمْ بِمُصَيْطِرٍ
So remind; you are only a reminder, not one empowered to compel them. (88:21–22)

“So remind” is an imperative. Innamā restricts the function relevant here: the messenger delivers the reminder, not compulsory faith. “You are not a controller over them” reinforces that boundary through negation.

The bāʾ with the predicate of laysa strengthens negation. The restriction is contextual: it cannot legitimately be expanded into a denial of every other established prophetic duty.