«وَلَوْ تَرَى إِذْ وُقِفُوا عَلَى النَّارِ»
If only you could see when they are made to stand before the Fire.
The expected response after law tara is not expressly supplied. The omission lets the hearer imagine the magnitude and horror of the scene, as if no short statement of the result were adequate.
A phrase such as “you would see an immense matter” may explain the sense, but it must not be confused with the original Qur’anic wording. The deletion itself serves grandeur and awe.
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The Rhetoric of Law: Nonoccurrence, Entailment, Hypothesis and Tense
«وَلَوْ تَرَى إِذْ وُقِفُوا عَلَى النَّارِ»
If only you could see when they are made to stand before the Fire.
The expected response after law tara is not expressly supplied. The omission lets the hearer imagine the magnitude and horror of the scene, as if no short statement of the result were adequate.
A phrase such as “you would see an immense matter” may explain the sense, but it must not be confused with the original Qur’anic wording. The deletion itself serves grandeur and awe.