Maqbool Ahmad

27th July, 2015

(84:1:2) إِذَا السَّمَاءُ انْشَقَّتْ. It start with شرط and then ism السَّمَاءُ which is called فاعل. Is it

not odd that فاعل comes before فعل. Should it not be جملة إسمية?

Abdul Rahman

30th July, 2015

You are right, the فاعل never comes before the فعل. The case here is that السَّمَاءُ is فاعل to a فعل محذوف or hidden verb, so that the sentence effectively reads as إذا انشقت السماء انشقت. This is so as to accomodate the adverbial إذا which must be followed by a verb.