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Quranic Rhetoric
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I'jaz
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 Quran has th…
Quranic Rhetoric
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Metaphor
The Head Has Blazed with White Hair — Metaphor of Fire for Whiteness
Verse: "He said: My Lord, indeed my bones have weakened and my head has blazed with white hair." (19:4)
The creative metaphor: "Blazin…
Quranic Rhetoric
Advanced
I'jaz
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 imperativ…
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
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Parables
Implicit Parables — What Is Inferred Without Explicit Statement
Definition of the implicit parable: Speech that contains the meaning of a parable without explicitly using the word "mathal" — extracted f…
Quranic Rhetoric
Intermediate
Metaphor
The Implied Metaphor — "Lower for Them the Wing of Humility"
Definition of the implied metaphor: A metaphor in which the vehicle (compared-to) is deleted and only its implication (what points to it) …
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
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Antithetical Parallelism
Extended Antithesis — "As for Him Who Gives, Is Pious, and Affirms the Good" with Its Opposite
Definition of extended antithesis: Basic antithesis: two meanings opposite their two counterparts. Extended: three or more meanings opposi…
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…