Ījāz al-Ḥadhf: Forms of Ellipsis and Evidence for Recovering the Omitted
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- What essentially distinguishes ījāz al-qaṣr from ījāz al-ḥadhf?
- What is essential for rhetorically effective omission?
- Which classification is based on the extent of omitted wording?
- What is the familiar reconstruction of “ask the town”?
- What kind of ellipsis is discussed in “anā ibnu jalā”?
- Why is a quality such as “sound” inferred with “every ship”?
- Which statement about “kulla safīnatin ṣaḥīḥatin” is correct?
- What is chiefly omitted after “when they are told, beware”?
- How does the next verse about turning away function?
- What rhetorical effect follows from leaving law’s consequence unstated?
- What is understood in the comparison of those who spent before the conquest?
- Not repeating a shared modifier after a coordinated verb may illustrate what?
- Which event is understood between the command and the water bursting forth?
- What is key to the analysis of fāʾ faṣīḥah?
- Who is implicitly the praised referent in “fa-niʿma l-māhidūn”?
- What omission is illustrated by the jump from “send me” to “O Joseph”?
- In the textbook’s account, what is the rhetorical role of “fa-qad kudhdhiba” in this conditional passage?
- What action is most naturally understood in “carrion is forbidden” in its legal context?
- How do proof of an omission and identification of its wording differ?
- What caution is necessary when discussing reconstructions such as “amru rabbika”?
- What helps identify “fī ḥubbihi” in the Joseph passage?
- What is a suitable reconstruction of “bi-smi llāh” before recitation?
- How does the implied action change when “bi-smi llāh” precedes eating?
- What is the grammatical form of “bi-smi llāh”?
- Which is the minimal warranted reconstruction of “ask the town”?
- What is appropriate if several reconstructions remain possible and no clue chooses one?
- What is the rhetorical benefit of the rapid narrative shift to “Yūsuf”?
- What should be the first step when diagnosing rhetorical ellipsis?
- Which combination best represents the requirements for successful ījāz al-ḥadhf?
- What distinguishes the next topic, iṭnāb, from ījāz al-ḥadhf?