Dr. Fadel As-Samarrai, what about the sentences or words that are mentioned before other sentences or words.. ?
in the Noble Quran..
For example, Allah, Almighty, said:
".. and to reassure your hearts thereby[Qulobokum Bihi= your hearts, with it].. " 3:126
And, in another verse; ".. and so that your hearts would be assured thereby [Bihi Qulobokum= with it, your hearts].. " 8:10
The first verse that you've mentioned..
it is part of a verse in Surah Ali'Imran.
"And Allah made it not except as [a sign of] good tidings for you and to reassure your hearts thereby[your hearts with it].. "
".. And victory is not except from Allah, the Exalted in Might, the Wise. "
And the second verse is from Surah Al-Anfal..
"And Allah made it not but good tidings and so that your hearts would be assured thereby[with it, your hearts].. "
".. And victory is not but from Allah . Indeed, Allah is Exalted in Might and Wise."
We need to notice..
the context of the two verses..
in the verse, in Surah Ali'Imran..
Of course the two verse are about the battle of Badr.
Both of them..
Yes..
But, in the verse, in Surah Ali'Imran..
He has mentioned the battle of Badr..
as an introduction to speak about the battle of Uhud.
and the wounds and the sadness, they were having after it.
So, the situation is about soothing the wounded hearts, and comforting them..
And He said to them: "So do not weaken and do not grieve.. " 3:139
".. and you will be superior if you are [true] believers."
"If a wound should touch you - there has already touched the [opposing] people a wound similar to it.. "
"..And these days [of varying conditions] We alternate among the people.. "
There are many verses like this here..
of consolation and support to have patience.
Yes.
And He said:
".. And Allah made it not except as [a sign of] good tidings for you.. " 3:126
So, the good tiding was specifically for them.
But in the second Surah, he didn't say it was for them.
Then he said here; ".. and to reassure your hearts thereby[Qulobokum Bihi= your hearts, with it].. "
So, He mentioned the hearts first..
[Bihi= with it] i.e. with the heavenly support..
the supply..
that we find it in the verse:
"[Remember] when you said to the believers, "Is it not sufficient for you that your Lord should reinforce you with three thousand angels sent down?" 3:124
etc.. in the next verse..
Here, He mentioned the hearts first..
because the aim was to sooth the hearts..
and to comfort the hearts.
Whereas, in Surah Al-Anfal..
He mentioned the word; [Bihi= with it] first..
Because the talk was about the Heavenly supply..
I mean..
The focus was about the Heavenly supply..
"[Remember] when you asked help of your Lord, and He answered you.. " 8:9
".. "Indeed, I will reinforce you with a thousand from the angels, following one another."
"And Allah made it not but good tidings.. "
And.. "[Remember] when your Lord inspired to the angels, "I am with you, so strengthen those who have believed.. " 8:12
In this Surah, the context is about the Heavenly support..
So, He mentioned first, the word;[Bihi=with it] which means the Heavenly supply.
It was mentioned before the word; hearts.
We have similar verse in Quran..
to explain this style more..
Okay.
in one verse, He said: "He said, ".. while He has given me mercy from Himself.. " 11:28
and in another verse, He said: ".. and He has given me, from Himself, mercy.. " 11:63
Let's think about the two verses..
There is a reason..
for bringing the word; [mercy] first or later..
Notice here..
"He said, "O my people, have you considered: if I should be upon clear evidence from my Lord.. "
this our master Noah is speaking..
Yes.
".. and He has given me mercy from Himself.. "
The the word; Mercy, is mentioned before; From Himself.
Mercy was first.
".. while He has given me mercy from Himself.. " i.e. from Allah.
Yes.
".. but it has been made unapparent to you.. "
what [it], is referring to?
The mercy..
".. should we force it upon you.. "
what [it], is referring to?
The mercy..
".. while you are averse to it?"
what [it], is referring to?
The mercy..
Good.
Let's take the other verse..
"He said, "O my people, have you considered: if I should be upon clear evidence from my Lord and He has given me from Himself.. " 11:63
from Allah..
Yes.
"..mercy.. "
So, the word mercy] was mentioned later..
after; From Himself.
Yes.
".. who would protect me from Allah if I disobeyed Him?.. "
Did you see this!!
When He mentioned the mercy first, the talk was about mercy..
Correct.
".. but it has been made unapparent to you, should we force it upon you while you are averse to it? "
And when He mentioned Him first, he said..
"..who would protect me from Allah if I disobeyed Him? So you would not increase me except in loss."
Yes.
So, this style of putting a specific word before another is amazing.
I mean..
it is wonderful..
May be we need to focus more on it..
Yes, we should..
e.g. : "They will have whatever they wish therein.. " 50:35
"For them therein is whatever they wish.. " 25:16
Similar to these verses we have here..
the same.
So, an ignorant might think this is just a coincidence.
No.. No.
Absolutely no..
this is a major style in the Noble Quran.
Another example..
when He speaks about, Bani Israel..
and the mountain..
".. and We raised over you the mount.. " 2:63
Above you, then the mountain
"And when We raised the mountain above them.. " 7:171
here the mountain was mentioned first.
Always..
we have the same method.
Same like with our verses; your hearts with it.. with it, your hearts.
And as in case of the word; mercy.
The same style.
For example, we bring a word first to focus on its importance..
could be..
but, emphasis is not the only reason..
Because, we need to explain, why is it important to be this way?
The listener should know..
any change here is not correct..
it is ineloquent.
We must explain that the context..
requires such construction.
We can't say that the reason is for emphasis.. and we stop.
It is easy to always say; It is for attracting attention, and that's it!
We should explain.. why?
why is it important to be said this way?
e.g. He said: ".. of what We have provided for them.. they spend out " 2:3
He mentioned: What We have provided for them.. first.
But, in another verse, He mentioned spending out, first..
".. Spend from that which Allah has provided for you.. " 36:47
We want to know why this change?
Yes.
We should look for the reason.
may Allah bless you.