These readings convey the same meaning in slightly different ways. The first has a declarative statement followed by a rhetorical question in the next ayah, while the second reading has the whole thing as a rhetorical question: the interrogative hamzah is repeated as reinforcement.
Explication
These readings convey the same meaning in slightly different ways. The first has a declarative statement followed by a rhetorical question in the next ayah, while the second reading has the whole thing as a rhetorical question: the interrogative hamzah is repeated as reinforcement.