Ṭā-Hā 20:67
The verse
فَأَوْجَسَ فِى نَفْسِهِۦ خِيفَةً مُّوسَىٰ ٦٧
And Moses conceived a fear in his mind. — Marmaduke Pickthall
The issue
The name Moses appears at the end of the verse in Arabic to keep the rhyme. Grammatically, it should have come after the verb in keeping with the more typical Arabic sentence structure, where the subject comes after the verb.
Arabic text of this item
كان يجب أن تكون الصياغة: «فَأَوْجَسَ مُّوسَى فِي نَفْسِهِ خِيفَةً»، لكن الفاعل [مُّوسَى] جاء في نهاية الآية حفاظاً على الفاصلة خلافاً لقواعد اللغة العربية.
Sources cited
Sources added in review (the original item cited none)
- al-Suyūṭī, al-Itqān fī ʿulūm al-Qurʾān, al-nawʿ 59 (fawāṣil al-āy), vol. 3, p. 340 (edition at ar.lib.efatwa.ir/41821) · link checked 2026-10-12