Quranic Rhetoric
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Eloquence
Glorification
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I'jaz
Quranic Address
Explicitness
Separation & Conjunction
Oath
Morphology
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Ilm al-Badi'
Brevity & Expansion
Fronting & Postponing
Style & Diction
Genitive Construction
Stories
Metonymy
Style & Diction
Qiraat
Choice
Vocative
Simile
Implicit Simile
Antithetical Parallelism
Interrogation
Parables
Incitement & Warning
Style & Diction
Repetition
Deviation from the Apparent
Separation & Conjunction
Laff & Nashr
Equation
Verse-end Cadence
Command & Prohibition
Circumstantial Clause
Quranic Rhetorical Inimitability — The Challenge and the Clarity
Al-Jurjani's principle: "Nazm is the arrangement and composition of words according to their meanings and relations — and the Qu…
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Quranic Brevity — More Than One Meaning in the Fewest Words
Highest degree of brevity: Qasr ijaz — expression carrying multiples of its apparent meaning.
Examples: "In retribution ther…
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O Earth, Swallow Your Water — The Most Eloquent Sentence in Literary History
Verse: "And it was said: O earth, swallow your water; and O sky, cease — and the water subsided, the matter was decided, and it …
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Take the Easy, Command the Good — Three Words Governing Society
Verse: "Take the easy way, command what is good, and turn away from the ignorant." (7:199)
Miraculous Quranic brevity: Three…
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Brevity in Nominal Sentences — The Power of Constancy Over Occurrence
The key distinction: The verbal sentence denotes occurrence and renewal — "Zayd rises" means: he rises repeatedly. The nominal s…
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Concision by Known Omission — "Upon the People is a Pilgrimage to the House"
Definition of concision by omission: Omitting a word indicated by context or a clue — with the meaning complete and rhetorical p…
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Al-Ijaz Al-Baligh — "And In Retaliation There Is Life for You"
Definition of Ijaz:
Ijaz: conveying complete meaning in fewer words than the meaning ordinarily requires — without losing benef…
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Elliptical Story Narration — A Whole Story in Three Words in the Quran
Definition of elliptical story narration:
Ijaz al-qasr is the highest level of ijaz — when a complete story or massive event is…
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