And so the enemies could neither scale nor tunnel through it.
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Juncture:
فما اسطاعوا
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Abū Jaʿfar
Ibn ʿĀmir
Nāfiʿ
Ḥamzah
Ibn Kathīr
Khalaf
Abū ʿAmr
al-Kisāʾī
Yaʿqūb
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Readings:
فَمَا اسْطَاعُوا
fa-mā sṭāʿū
فَمَا اسْطَّاعُوا
fa-mā sṭṭāʿū
“they could not”
Explanation:
These readings represent two ways of realising the form X verb (originally istaṭāʿū, as subsequently in this ayah), the first with elision and the second with merging, and they are identical in meaning [Makki]. Some scholars argue that the subsequent wa-mā staṭāʿū expresses their greater inability to burrow through the barrier.
He has revealed to you ˹O Prophet˺ the Book in truth, confirming what came before it, as He revealed the Torah and the Gospel
Explanation:
These readings represent two ways of realising the form X verb (originally istaṭāʿū, as subsequently in this ayah), the first with elision and the second with merging, and they are identical in meaning [Makki]. Some scholars argue that the subsequent wa-mā staṭāʿū expresses their greater inability to burrow through the barrier.