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

وَأَمَّا مَنْ أُوتِيَ كِتَابَهُ وَرَاءَ ظَهْرِهِ ۞ فَسَوْفَ يَدْعُو ثُبُورًا ۞ وَيَصْلَى سَعِيرًا
As for the one given the record behind the back, that person will call for destruction and enter blazing Fire. (84:10–12)

The second “wa-ammā” completes the contrast with the first group. Repeated “ūtiya kitābahu” and “fa-sawfa” place the two outcomes within one balanced structure. “Warāʾa ẓahrihi” provides vivid imagery of humiliation.

“Yadʿū thubūran” expresses a cry for ruin, not a simple call addressed to a human person. “Wa-yaṣlā saʿīran” brings the actual outcome into view. The passage combines unfolding detail with antithesis.

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Al-Inshiqāq: the unfavorable reckoning

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

وَأَمَّا مَنْ أُوتِيَ كِتَابَهُ وَرَاءَ ظَهْرِهِ ۞ فَسَوْفَ يَدْعُو ثُبُورًا ۞ وَيَصْلَى سَعِيرًا
As for the one given the record behind the back, that person will call for destruction and enter blazing Fire. (84:10–12)

The second “wa-ammā” completes the contrast with the first group. Repeated “ūtiya kitābahu” and “fa-sawfa” place the two outcomes within one balanced structure. “Warāʾa ẓahrihi” provides vivid imagery of humiliation.

“Yadʿū thubūran” expresses a cry for ruin, not a simple call addressed to a human person. “Wa-yaṣlā saʿīran” brings the actual outcome into view. The passage combines unfolding detail with antithesis.