Advanced Separation & Conjunction Surah: Al-Qiyama (22)

Separation and connection in rhetoric:
Connection (wasl): Joining two sentences with a conjunction (wa) when there is a relationship between them. Separation (fasl): Leaving out the conjunction — more eloquent in specific cases.

The verse:
"Faces on that day radiant (nadira), looking (nadhira) at their Lord." (75:22-23)

Rhetorical analysis:
"Nadira" (with dad — radiance: beauty and joy) — "Nadhira" (with dha — looking: sight).

They come with no conjunction between them — an intentional separation because:

• The second sentence "looking" is an explanation and detail of the first — like the relationship between a sentence and its substitute
• Connection with "and" would make them two separate states — separation conveys that radiance and looking are one fused state
• Combining "nadira" and "nadhira" in one sonic pattern with different meanings — a partial paronomasia enriching the style

Al-Zamakhshari: "The separation between the two sentences implies that looking at Allah is the very essence of radiance — and that true happiness cannot be separated from seeing Him."

Source: Al-Zamakhshari (4/657); Al-Zarkashi (3/249); Al-Jurjani (p.232)

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