Chapter Eight: Ijaz, Itnab and Musawah — Brevity, Amplification and Balance

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• Which mode uses wording proportionate to the intended meaning in ordinary usage?
• A short statement loses an essential meaning and provides no adequate clue. How is it classified?
• What distinguishes itnab from needless length?
• What type of brevity is exemplified by «وَلَكُمْ فِي الْقِصَاصِ حَيَاةٌ»?
• How does restrictive qasr differ from ijaz al-qasr?
• Which particle is understood but not overtly expressed in «تَاللَّهِ تَفْتَأُ تَذْكُرُ يُوسُفَ»?
• What is omitted between «فَأَرْسِلُونِ» and «يُوسُفُ أَيُّهَا الصِّدِّيقُ»?
• Why mention Arabic separately after “your lessons” in the example?
• In Nuh 71:28, what is gained by naming all believers after specific persons?
• What does the second phrase do in «أَمَدَّكُمْ بِمَا تَعْلَمُونَ ... بِأَنْعَامٍ وَبَنِينَ»?
• Which structural feature marks tawshi‘ in this lesson?
• What is the main rhetorical purpose of repetition in At-Takathur 3–4?
• What function does «حَفِظَهُ اللَّهُ» serve inside the sentence?
• What is the rhetorical role of «سُبْحَانَهُ» in An-Nahl 57?
• How does i‘tirad differ from a circumstantial accusative (hal)?
• What device is used by ending already meaningful praise with «كَأَنَّهُ عَلَمٌ فِي رَأْسِهِ نَارٌ»?
• What is exemplified by «إِنَّ الْبَاطِلَ كَانَ زَهُوقًا» after the preceding assertion?
• In a prayer for rain, what misconception does «غَيْرَ مُفْسِدِهَا» prevent?
• What does «عَلَى حُبِّهِ» add to the statement about feeding others?
• Which distinction between ihtiras and takmil is accurate?
• If the near-synonyms in «وَأَلْفَى قَوْلَهَا كَذِبًا وَمَيْنًا» add no benefit, what fault may result?
• When an expression omits words but supplies a clue, what should analysis establish first?
• Why is “My Lord, forgive me ... and believing men and women” not an example of specific-after-general?
• What should ultimately govern classification among ijaz, itnab, and musawah?
• Ijaz al-qasr necessarily requires reconstructing an omitted word or clause.
• Musawah evaluates wording length in light of customary usage and intended meaning.
• The phrase «سُبْحَانَهُ» in An-Nahl 57 adds a parenthetical declaration of transcendence.
• In the rain verse, «غَيْرَ مُفْسِدِهَا» is takmil because it merely intensifies praise.
• A separate sentence used as tadhyil may reinforce the sense of an earlier statement.
• Every long expression is eloquent itnab even when the extra words convey no benefit.