Quranic Rhetoric
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Eloquence
Glorification
Metaphor
Figurative Speech
Antithesis
Antithetical Parallelism
Emphasis
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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
The Eloquent Simile — The Highest Form of Comparison
Simile types by particle: Mursal (explicit particle), Muakkad (no particle — eloquent simile), Mujmal (no stated point of compar…
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Those Who Spend Are Like a Grain — Multiplication of Giving in a Plant Image
Verse: "The example of those who spend in the way of Allah is like a grain that sprouts seven ears, in every ear a hundred grain…
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Those Who Disbelieve Are Like a Dog — The Most Degrading Image for One Who Chose This World
Verse: "His example is like that of a dog — if you chase it away it pants, and if you leave it it pants." (7:176)
The simile'…
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The Eloquent Simile Transcended — "They Are Like Cattle, Rather More Astray"
Simile then transcendence: Sometimes the Quran does not stop at the simile — it transcends it with "bal" (rather) to establish t…
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Al-Tashbih Al-Tamthili — "Like a Donkey Carrying Books"
Definition of Al-Tashbih Al-Tamthili:
Representational simile: a comparison where the point of resemblance is a composite image…
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Exaggeration in Simile — "As If They Were Trunks of Uprooted Palms"
Definition of exaggeration in simile:
When a simile reaches such precision and depth that the listener feels the compared and t…
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