Surah al-Rahmān, He repeats that address after each verse, rather than in uninterrupted succession. This manner of expression is loftier than the first. Likewise, the Quran’s narratives contain no repetition of the kind some have supposed. Nor does “Say, O disbelievers” contain any repeated wording except His saying:

“Nor are you worshippers of what I worship.”

Even here, a sentence separates the two occurrences.

They have compared what occurs in Surah al-Rahmān to the words of someone addressing a person whom he has treated well and showered with favours, but who denies them and shows ingratitude:

“Were you not poor, and did I not enrich you? Do you deny this? Were you not naked, and did I not clothe you? Do you deny this? Were you not unknown, and did I not make you known?”

And so forth. This is a closer comparison than consecutive repetition, as in the repeated oath.

Likewise, some say that one expression may be joined to another merely because the wording differs, as in the verse:

“He found her words a lie and a falsehood.”

There is nothing of this kind in the Quran. Allah never includes an additional word in it without an additional meaning, even if that meaning includes emphasis. Whatever additional wording occurs in such statements as His saying:

“So it was by mercy from Allah that you were gentle with them,”

and His saying:

“Before long, they will surely become regretful,”

and His saying:

“How little you take heed!”

conveys more meaning than would be conveyed without it. Thus, additional wording conveys additional meaning, and the strength of the wording corresponds to the strength of the meaning. The dammah (u-vowel) is stronger