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Quranic Terms
Advanced
Rhetoric
Ijaz and Itnab — Eloquent Brevity and Purposeful Elaboration
Ijaz (brevity): Much meaning in few words — highest eloquence level.
Example: "In retribution there is life for you" — four words summari…
Quranic Terms
Intermediate
Linguistic Subtleties
Rhetorical Ellipsis (Hadhf) — "Ask the City" and Its Types
Definition:
Rhetorical Ellipsis (Hadhf) is the omission of a word or phrase with the context indicating what was omitted — more eloquent …
Quranic Rhetoric
Advanced
I'jaz
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 there is life …
Quranic Rhetoric
Advanced
I'jaz
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 settled up…
Quranic Rhetoric
Advanced
Brevity & Expansion
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 sometimes omission…
Quranic Rhetoric
Intermediate
Brevity & Expansion
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, but by sel…
Quranic Rhetoric
Advanced
I'jaz
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 sentence de…
Quranic Rhetoric
Advanced
Figurative Speech
Mursal Metaphor — "Ask the Village" — Types and Quranic Examples
Definition of mursal metaphor: Using a word in other than its original meaning through a relation other than resemblance, with a contextua…
Quranic Rhetoric
Intermediate
Metonymy
Beautiful Quranic Metonymies — Delicacy and Eloquence in Indirection
Definition of kinaya (metonymy): A word used to mean the necessary implication of its meaning, while the original meaning remains possible…
Quranic Rhetoric
Intermediate
I'jaz
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 power enhan…
Quranic Rhetoric
Intermediate
Laff & Nashr
Orderly Unfolding — "He Knows What They Conceal and What They Announce"
Definition of laf and nashr (envelopment and unfolding): Mentioning multiple items (envelopment) then following them with their rulings or…
Quranic Rhetoric
Intermediate
I'jaz
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 benefit.
The…
Quranic Rhetoric
Basic
Antithetical Parallelism
Antithesis Between Two Sentences — Whoever Does an Atom of Good Sees It / Evil Sees It
Difference between tibaq and muqabala:
Tibaq: between two words. Muqabala: between two or more sentences — each sentence against the oppo…