«فَأَرْسِلُونِ»
So send me.
In Qurʾān 12:45, the request is intelligible through the preceding narrative: the interpretation of a dream is sought, and a person asks to be sent to Joseph. A larger context is carried by a brief command.
Ellipsis can therefore depend on several prior propositions, not just one omitted word. The analyst should describe how the narrative supplies the missing background, rather than presenting a newly composed reconstruction as if it were the literal source text.
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Ījāz, Iṭnāb and Musāwāh: Concision, Ellipsis, Expansion and Equivalence
«فَأَرْسِلُونِ»
So send me.
In Qurʾān 12:45, the request is intelligible through the preceding narrative: the interpretation of a dream is sought, and a person asks to be sent to Joseph. A larger context is carried by a brief command.
Ellipsis can therefore depend on several prior propositions, not just one omitted word. The analyst should describe how the narrative supplies the missing background, rather than presenting a newly composed reconstruction as if it were the literal source text.