LessonsĪjāz, Iṭnāb and Musāwāh: Concision, Ellipsis, Expansion and EquivalenceQuiz

«فَذَٰلِكُنَّ الَّذِي لُمْتُنَّنِي فِيهِ»
That is the one concerning whom you blamed me.

This is part of Qurʾān 12:32. The pronoun and the preceding episode make clear the matter over which blame was expressed. The speaker need not retell the entire narrative at that moment.

Context and familiar usage can license the recovery of compressed meaning, but they do not permit arbitrary invention. The decisive issue is whether a real contextual indicator (قرينة) supports the proposed reading.

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Habit and discourse as indicators of ellipsis

Ījāz, Iṭnāb and Musāwāh: Concision, Ellipsis, Expansion and Equivalence

«فَذَٰلِكُنَّ الَّذِي لُمْتُنَّنِي فِيهِ»
That is the one concerning whom you blamed me.

This is part of Qurʾān 12:32. The pronoun and the preceding episode make clear the matter over which blame was expressed. The speaker need not retell the entire narrative at that moment.

Context and familiar usage can license the recovery of compressed meaning, but they do not permit arbitrary invention. The decisive issue is whether a real contextual indicator (قرينة) supports the proposed reading.