إِيَّاكَ نَعْبُدُ وَإِيَّاكَ نَسْتَعِينُ
You alone we worship, and You alone we ask for help.
“Iyyāka” is a detached pronoun in the accusative position, serving as the fronted direct object. “Naʿbudu” and “nastaʿīnu” are first-person plural imperfect verbs, with the subject implied in each.
The marked feature is object fronting in both clauses. In this address to God, it expresses the exclusive direction of worship and dependence upon Him.
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Supplementary Practice — Integrated Grammatical and Rhetorical Analysis of Arabic Texts
إِيَّاكَ نَعْبُدُ وَإِيَّاكَ نَسْتَعِينُ
You alone we worship, and You alone we ask for help.
“Iyyāka” is a detached pronoun in the accusative position, serving as the fronted direct object. “Naʿbudu” and “nastaʿīnu” are first-person plural imperfect verbs, with the subject implied in each.
The marked feature is object fronting in both clauses. In this address to God, it expresses the exclusive direction of worship and dependence upon Him.