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Reasons for Revelation
Intermediate
Madani Events
"They Ask You About Wine and Gambling" — First Stage in the Prohibition Sequence
Verse: "They ask you about wine and gambling — say: in them is great sin and benefits for people." (2:219)
Occasion (Sahih): Narrated …
Quranic Terms
Advanced
Rhetoric
Iltifat — The Sudden Style Shift
Definition: Shifting from one style to another in speech — third person to second person, or vice versa.
Example in Al-Fatiha: Begins …
Fiqh Rulings
Basic
Special Topics
When You Travel There Is No Blame in Shortening Prayer
Verse: "When you travel there is no blame on you in shortening prayer — if you fear the disbelievers will trouble you." (4:101) — Shorteni…
Quranic Rhetoric
Advanced
Iltifat
Iltifat — Types and Purposes in the Quran
Three basic types: (1) Third to second person: "Praise to Allah...You alone we worship." (2) Second to third: "Until you are in ships, and…
Quranic Rhetoric
Intermediate
Iltifat
Shift from Third to Second Person — "Praise to Allah... You Alone We Worship"
Iltifat in Al-Fatiha: The opening verses speak about Allah in the third person — "Praise to Allah, Lord of the worlds, the Most Merciful, …
Quranic Rhetoric
Intermediate
Vocative
Calling the Distant as Near — "O Human Being" — Universal Address
Introduction: "Ya" is originally for calling the distant, and "ay" for calling the near — but the Quran combined "ya ayyuha" in a uniquely…