Is the word *kadhā* in the phrase “Indeed, you are striving toward your Lord with striving” an object or an absolute object?

Question:
Honorable Shaykh, may Allah grant you success. In the saying of the Exalted, , is the word *kadhā* an object corresponding to the active participle *kādiḥ* in “you are striving,” or is it an absolute object?

Answer:
It is a description of the absolute object. No, it is an absolute object. An absolute object from *kadh* is *kadhā*, just as *darb* (striking) has *darban* (a strike) as its absolute object. So it is undoubtedly an absolute object. Yes.