LessonsSupplementary Practice 29 — Comparative Rhetoric of Sūrat al-Infiṭār and Sūrat al-InshiqāqQuiz

يَا أَيُّهَا الْإِنْسَانُ إِنَّكَ كَادِحٌ إِلَى رَبِّكَ كَدْحًا فَمُلَاقِيهِ
O human being, you are surely striving toward your Lord with effort, and will meet Him or encounter the outcome of that striving. (84:6)

The vocative recurs, but unlike “mā gharraka” in al-Infiṭār, it is followed by a statement confirmed by inna. “Kādiḥun” is the active-participle predicate of inna; “kadḥan,” from the same root, is a cognate accusative, intensifying the reality of effort.

“Fa-mulāqīhi” is linked by fa- to the earlier participle. The pronoun “-hi” has been understood with reference to meeting the Lord or encountering the result of one's toil and deeds; both are discussed in exegetical treatment. In either case the central certainty is final encounter and accountability.

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Al-Inshiqāq: human toil and the cognate accusative

Supplementary Practice 29 — Comparative Rhetoric of Sūrat al-Infiṭār and Sūrat al-Inshiqāq

يَا أَيُّهَا الْإِنْسَانُ إِنَّكَ كَادِحٌ إِلَى رَبِّكَ كَدْحًا فَمُلَاقِيهِ
O human being, you are surely striving toward your Lord with effort, and will meet Him or encounter the outcome of that striving. (84:6)

The vocative recurs, but unlike “mā gharraka” in al-Infiṭār, it is followed by a statement confirmed by inna. “Kādiḥun” is the active-participle predicate of inna; “kadḥan,” from the same root, is a cognate accusative, intensifying the reality of effort.

“Fa-mulāqīhi” is linked by fa- to the earlier participle. The pronoun “-hi” has been understood with reference to meeting the Lord or encountering the result of one's toil and deeds; both are discussed in exegetical treatment. In either case the central certainty is final encounter and accountability.