Al-Taqdim wa al-Ta’khir: Word Order and Rhetorical Purposes
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- What principally determines the rhetorical value of advancement and delay?
- What does the opening relative clause “wa-lladhi harat al-bariyyah fihi ...” achieve?
- Why is “al-‘afwu ‘anka” placed first in the pardon example?
- What psychological effect is intended by fronting “al-qisas”?
- What is especially foregrounded in “a-ba‘da tuli al-tajribati ...?”
- What is the purpose of “sahih, fasih, baligh” in this order?
- Why does “sinah” precede “nawm” in the verse?
- What is the intended meaning of “kullu dhalika lam yakun”?
- What conclusion does NOT necessarily follow from “lam yakun kullu dhalika”?
- Two of three events happened; one did not. Which statement could be true?
- What is the grammatical role of “al-hilal” in “al-hilalu zahara”?
- How is reinforced predication explained in “al-hilalu zahara”?
- What can advancing “ana” achieve in “ma ana qultu”?
- What is the grammatical function of “iyyaka” in “iyyaka na‘budu”?
- What rhetorical meaning is highlighted in “iyyaka na‘budu”?
- What best distinguishes “na‘buduka” and “iyyaka na‘budu”?
- What is the syntactic role of “al-sukut” in “fa-khayrun min ijabatihi al-sukut”?
- What is an important rhetorical consideration behind “thumma al-jahima salluhu”?
- Why are advancement and delay described as mutually linked?
- What chiefly distinguishes “sahih fasih baligh” from “la ta’khudhuhu sinatun wa-la nawm”?
- Which inference is valid?
- What principle is shared by fronting “al-‘afwu ‘anka” and “al-qisas”?
- What must be established before attributing rhetorical force to reordered verb and object?
- Which is an example of metre or verse-ending harmony?
- The rhetorical purpose of advancement can always be inferred solely from word count.
- “La ta’khudhuhu sinatun wa-la nawm” both negates two states and reflects their familiar order.
- “Lam yakun kullu dhalika” necessarily says that not one listed event occurred.
- In “al-hilalu zahara,” the implicit subject of zahara refers back to al-hilal.
- In “iyyaka na‘budu,” iyyaka is an advanced nominative agent.
- A wholly separate set of motives for delay is unnecessary because it is the counterpart of advancement in one ordering.