LessonsTawjīh, Serious Intent in Jest, Feigned Ignorance, Qawl bi-l-Mūjib and IṭrādQuiz

«لَئِن رَّجَعْنَا إِلَى الْمَدِينَةِ لَيُخْرِجَنَّ الْأَعَزُّ مِنْهَا الْأَذَلَّ»
If we return to Madinah, the mightier will surely expel the humbler from it.

This is part of the hypocrites’ statement in Qur’an 63:8. The speaker meant “the mightier” to designate his own faction and “the humbler” to designate the Muslims, thereby claiming the right to expel them.

The rhetorical answer turns on who actually deserves the quality of might or honor, rather than abandoning the terms used by the claimant.

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The claim of “the mightier” and “the humbler”

Tawjīh, Serious Intent in Jest, Feigned Ignorance, Qawl bi-l-Mūjib and Iṭrād

«لَئِن رَّجَعْنَا إِلَى الْمَدِينَةِ لَيُخْرِجَنَّ الْأَعَزُّ مِنْهَا الْأَذَلَّ»
If we return to Madinah, the mightier will surely expel the humbler from it.

This is part of the hypocrites’ statement in Qur’an 63:8. The speaker meant “the mightier” to designate his own faction and “the humbler” to designate the Muslims, thereby claiming the right to expel them.

The rhetorical answer turns on who actually deserves the quality of might or honor, rather than abandoning the terms used by the claimant.