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Why did some verses in Surat Ash-Shu'ara include "Huwa" (He), such as "He who created me, and it is He who guides me" (26:78), "And it is He who feeds me and gives me drink" (26:79), and "And when I am ill, it is He who cures me" (26:80), while other verses omitted it, such as "And He who causes me to die and then will bring me to life" (26:81) and "And [He] who I aspire that He will forgive me my sin on the Day of Recompense" (26:82)?

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Source: FtawySummary from Ftawy's records · added here Sep 2, 20261 min readAlso available in العربية
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The detached nominative pronoun "هو" (He/It) in the verses (Who created me, then He guides me; And Who He feeds me and gives me drink; And when I fall ill, then He cures me) is used for emphasis. It is associated with claims that a creature might make, in which they could be partially truthful, such as guidance, feeding, giving drink, and healing. As for the instances that no one claims, like creation, giving life, and causing death, the pronoun of emphasis did not appear in them.

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