Conclusion: Departing from the Apparent Demands of Context

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• What justifies a departure from expected rhetorical form?
• Why say “This is your father” to someone who knows that fact?
• Why is the reply about the cousins’ spears emphatic?
• What motivates strong emphasis in “Relief is surely near”?
• A plain “Medicine is beneficial” to a denier who has clear evidence illustrates what?
• What rhetorical value does the past form “أَتَى” convey?
• Why use “فَتُثِيرُ” after a past form in the wind-and-cloud verse?
• What is “هَدَاكَ اللَّهُ” when spoken as a blessing?
• How does “May my master consider my affair” function?
• What is the imperative used for in “Spend willingly or unwillingly; it will not be accepted”?
• Why does “I call Allah to witness, and you bear witness” switch verbal forms?
• What is the benefit of a pronoun of affair?
• Why use the explicit title “your master” instead of a pronoun?
• Which is the sound criterion for iltifat?
• What is the shift in “Why should I not worship ... and to Him you return”?
• What is prominent in the shift from “We” to “your Lord” in al-Kawthar?
• What is the rhetorical effect of asking the tree why it is leafy?
• What makes a redirected answer an instance of uslub al-hakim?
• What is emphasised in the response about crescent moons?
• Why does the verse use “القانتين” regarding Mary?
• What pair does “القمران” conventionally denote?
• How should Shu‘ayb’s inclusion in “you shall return to our religion” be understood?
• How is taghlib understood in “Lord of the worlds”?
• Which comparison is accurate?
• Every rhetorical departure from the expected form necessarily breaks Arabic grammar.
• The past form in “أَتَى أَمْرُ اللَّهِ” may emphasize certainty of an announced event.
• The past tense of “هَدَاكَ اللَّهُ” prevents its use as a supplication.
• “وَمَا لِيَ ... وَإِلَيْهِ تُرْجَعُونَ” shifts from first-person expression to direct address.
• “الأبوان” is a conventional dual applying one member’s noun to both parents.
• Uslub al-hakim is effective only when the answer is entirely unrelated to the question.