Quranic Rhetoric
4 cards (filtered)
Level:
All
Basic
Intermediate
Advanced
Sub:
All
Eloquence
Glorification
Metaphor
Figurative Speech
Antithesis
Antithetical Parallelism
Emphasis
Restriction
Iltifat
Paronomasia
I'jaz
Quranic Address
Explicitness
Separation & Conjunction
Oath
Morphology
Allegory
Non-declarative
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
Brevity by Ellipsis — "Your Lord Has Come" (Omission of Object)
Definition: Brevity by ellipsis (ijaz al-hadhf): omitting what is understood from context without harming meaning — and sometime…
Includes quiz
Amplification by Repetition — "Which of Your Lord's Favors Will You Deny?"
Definition: Amplification by repetition (ithnab al-takrar): repeating a word or meaning for rhetorical purposes — emphasis, magn…
Includes quiz
Cautionary Addition — "They Shall Not Delay an Hour Nor Advance"
Definition: Cautionary addition (ihtiras / takmil): adding a qualification that preempts a misunderstanding the speech might inv…
Includes quiz
Brevity by Concision — "To Him Belongs What Dwells in Night and Day"
Definition: Brevity by concision (ijaz al-qasr): conveying an expansive meaning in the fewest possible words — not by omission, …
Includes quiz