LessonsRhetorical Addition: Emphasis, Explanatory Coordination, Connections and Multiple MeaningsQuiz

«وَلِيُمَحِّصَ اللَّهُ الَّذِينَ آمَنُوا وَيَمْحَقَ الْكَافِرِينَ»
“So that God may refine those who believe and efface the disbelievers.” (Āl ʿImrān 3:141)

The previous verses discuss injury, trial and changing fortunes. “Wa-li-yumaḥḥiṣa” connects a divine purpose to these events; it does not introduce an unrelated subject.

Merely dismissing the conjunction as “extra” would hide the argumentative link between the trial and the purification of believers. Reading 3:140–141 together makes the purpose construction intelligible.

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A divine purpose connected to the preceding account

Rhetorical Addition: Emphasis, Explanatory Coordination, Connections and Multiple Meanings

«وَلِيُمَحِّصَ اللَّهُ الَّذِينَ آمَنُوا وَيَمْحَقَ الْكَافِرِينَ»
“So that God may refine those who believe and efface the disbelievers.” (Āl ʿImrān 3:141)

The previous verses discuss injury, trial and changing fortunes. “Wa-li-yumaḥḥiṣa” connects a divine purpose to these events; it does not introduce an unrelated subject.

Merely dismissing the conjunction as “extra” would hide the argumentative link between the trial and the purification of believers. Reading 3:140–141 together makes the purpose construction intelligible.