LessonsFurther Forms of Ibdāl: Definiteness, Agreement, Iltifāt and Word OrderQuiz

“Wa-al-nāziʿāti gharqan wa-al-nāshiṭāti nashṭan”
“By those who draw out forcefully, and those who withdraw gently.” (al-Nāziʿāt 79:1–2, excerpt)
“Yawma tarjufu al-rājifah”
“On the Day when the shaking event trembles.” (79:6)

The opening oaths are followed by a vivid scene of the Last Day. The certainty of resurrection and judgment becomes clear from the whole movement of the passage. Some grammatical explanations understand an oath response as implied; the subsequent depiction expresses its rhetorical force.

Reading the oath and the scene together is more faithful to the discourse than isolating each line from its purpose.

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The oath in Sūrat al-Nāziʿāt and its ensuing scene

Further Forms of Ibdāl: Definiteness, Agreement, Iltifāt and Word Order

“Wa-al-nāziʿāti gharqan wa-al-nāshiṭāti nashṭan”
“By those who draw out forcefully, and those who withdraw gently.” (al-Nāziʿāt 79:1–2, excerpt)
“Yawma tarjufu al-rājifah”
“On the Day when the shaking event trembles.” (79:6)

The opening oaths are followed by a vivid scene of the Last Day. The certainty of resurrection and judgment becomes clear from the whole movement of the passage. Some grammatical explanations understand an oath response as implied; the subsequent depiction expresses its rhetorical force.

Reading the oath and the scene together is more faithful to the discourse than isolating each line from its purpose.