How should the fronting of “iyyāka” in “iyyāka naʿbudu” be interpreted?
Supplementary Practice 9: How Small Wording Changes Alter Rhetorical Meaning
- It serves only to create a rhyme
- In the context of al-Fātiḥah, exclusive worship of God is foregrounded
- It converts naʿbudu into a past verb
- It removes the addressee from the statement