Defining the Subject by Demonstration: Rhetorical Purposes of Demonstratives

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• What is a basic benefit of making the subject definite by a demonstrative?
• In «لتمييزه أكمل تمييز», what does “distinguishing” concern?
• What chiefly differs between «جاء الذي نجح» and «جاء هذا»?
• Why can «هٰذا أبو الصقر» function in a context of praise?
• What principle follows from contrasting «هٰذا العالم الفاضل» and «هٰذا المفسد»?
• What are «الضال» and «السلم» in the cited poetic setting?
• Which best explains «التعريض بغباوة السامع»?
• What does «أولئك» contribute in «أولئك آبائي فجئني بمثلهم»?
• What distinguishes insinuation from an explicit insult?
• Which illustrative classification of demonstratives by distance is taught?
• What does the opponents’ context convey in «أَهَٰذَا الَّذِي يَذْكُرُ آلِهَتَكُمْ»?
• In that verse, what does «الذي يذكر آلهتكم» contribute?
• How can the far demonstrative in «ذٰلِكَ الْكِتَابُ» be understood rhetorically?
• How should «ذلك الظالم» be analyzed in a contemptuous setting?
• What is meant by figurative distance from the “sphere of presence”?
• When can a demonstrative refer intelligibly to something not directly visible?
• What additional benefit does the source identify when attributes accompany demonstrative reference?
• What does «أولئك» contribute after the attributes such as «الذين يؤمنون بالغيب»?
• In «أولئك على هدى من ربهم», where does the meaning of guidance come from?
• Which sequence characterizes the opening passage of Al-Baqarah (2:2–5)?
• What is highlighted by the renewed «أولئك هم المفلحون»?
• Compared with «هم على هدى», what can «أولئك على هدى» add rhetorically?
• Which inference best follows the rhetorical method taught?
• Which expression is most naturally simple identification when no additional cue is given?
• In the discussion on printed page 158, what is the import of «من أجلها»?
• The referent of a demonstrative must always be visibly present.
• In «ذٰلِكَ الْكِتَابُ», «ذلك» is lexically equivalent to “great” in every context.
• The same demonstrative form can serve praise in one context and disparagement in another.
• «أولئك على هدى من ربهم» refers back to the God-conscious people whose attributes have been stated.
• In taʿrīḍ, the rebuke must always be explicit and can never be inferred from context.