Why was fleeing presented before terror in verse 18 of Surat Al-Kahf, even though terror is what leads to fleeing?
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The reason for deferring the mention of terror after the mention of turning away is the independence of each in being a consequence of being seen, so that the totality, as such, is not understood to be a consequence thereof, and to indicate that terror does not vanish with flight.
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