LessonsChapter Eight: Ijaz, Itnab and Musawah — Brevity, Amplification and BalanceQuiz

رَبِّ اغْفِرْ لِي وَلِوَالِدَيَّ وَلِمَنْ دَخَلَ بَيْتِيَ مُؤْمِنًا وَلِلْمُؤْمِنِينَ وَالْمُؤْمِنَاتِ
My Lord, forgive me, my parents, the believer who enters my house, and all believing men and women. (Nuh 71:28)

Specific people are mentioned first, then a broad prayer embraces all believers. The later general expression includes the earlier persons, but makes clear that the supplication reaches beyond them.

Purpose: to pass from particular concern to a comprehensively stated scope. This order differs from mentioning a particular item after a general class.

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Naming the general after the specific

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

رَبِّ اغْفِرْ لِي وَلِوَالِدَيَّ وَلِمَنْ دَخَلَ بَيْتِيَ مُؤْمِنًا وَلِلْمُؤْمِنِينَ وَالْمُؤْمِنَاتِ
My Lord, forgive me, my parents, the believer who enters my house, and all believing men and women. (Nuh 71:28)

Specific people are mentioned first, then a broad prayer embraces all believers. The later general expression includes the earlier persons, but makes clear that the supplication reaches beyond them.

Purpose: to pass from particular concern to a comprehensively stated scope. This order differs from mentioning a particular item after a general class.