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

«إِنَّ الْإِنْسَانَ خُلِقَ هَلُوعًا»
“Indeed, the human being was created prone to anxiety.” (al-Maʿārij 70:19)

«إِذَا مَسَّهُ الشَّرُّ جَزُوعًا ۝ وَإِذَا مَسَّهُ الْخَيْرُ مَنُوعًا»
“When hardship touches him, he is distressed; when good touches him, he withholds.” (al-Maʿārij 70:20–21)

“Halūʿ” first names a general disposition. The two ensuing conditions explain its manifestations: distress when harmed and withholding when blessed. The fuller description therefore explains the initial attribute rather than merely supplying synonymous words.

This pattern shows how an apparently broad description may be developed through contrasting circumstances, giving the reader a more exact moral and psychological picture.

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

«إِنَّ الْإِنْسَانَ خُلِقَ هَلُوعًا»
“Indeed, the human being was created prone to anxiety.” (al-Maʿārij 70:19)

«إِذَا مَسَّهُ الشَّرُّ جَزُوعًا ۝ وَإِذَا مَسَّهُ الْخَيْرُ مَنُوعًا»
“When hardship touches him, he is distressed; when good touches him, he withholds.” (al-Maʿārij 70:20–21)

“Halūʿ” first names a general disposition. The two ensuing conditions explain its manifestations: distress when harmed and withholding when blessed. The fuller description therefore explains the initial attribute rather than merely supplying synonymous words.

This pattern shows how an apparently broad description may be developed through contrasting circumstances, giving the reader a more exact moral and psychological picture.