LessonsComprehensive Review and Application: Bayān, Badīʿ and the Final Rhetorical ArtsQuiz

فِيهَا سُرُرٌ مَرْفُوعَةٌ ۝ وَأَكْوَابٌ مَوْضُوعَةٌ
There are elevated couches and cups placed before them.

The final words “marfūʿah” and “mawḍūʿah” resemble one another in metrical pattern and terminal sound, illustrating parallel sajʿ. In muṭarraf, the final sound agrees while patterns differ; in muraṣṣaʿ, multiple corresponding words show elaborate agreement.

Muwāzanah centers on similarity of pattern without requiring the same rhyme ending. In discussions of Qurʾānic style, retain the technical terminology of fawāṣil.

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Sajʿ and muwāzanah: examine the endings

Comprehensive Review and Application: Bayān, Badīʿ and the Final Rhetorical Arts

فِيهَا سُرُرٌ مَرْفُوعَةٌ ۝ وَأَكْوَابٌ مَوْضُوعَةٌ
There are elevated couches and cups placed before them.

The final words “marfūʿah” and “mawḍūʿah” resemble one another in metrical pattern and terminal sound, illustrating parallel sajʿ. In muṭarraf, the final sound agrees while patterns differ; in muraṣṣaʿ, multiple corresponding words show elaborate agreement.

Muwāzanah centers on similarity of pattern without requiring the same rhyme ending. In discussions of Qurʾānic style, retain the technical terminology of fawāṣil.