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

The source explains that iʿtirāḍ (الاعتراض) is not limited to a single word. It may stand between connected sentences or inside an unfolding construction, and more than one clause can contribute to the parenthetical effect.

«فَأْتُوهُنَّ مِنْ حَيْثُ أَمَرَكُمُ اللَّهُ»
Approach them in the manner Allah has commanded you.

In the wider setting of Qurʾān 2:222, instruction and moral guidance are interwoven. An analysis must show exactly what surrounding discourse is being interrupted and what additional yet relevant benefit the insertion provides; not every adjacent sentence is automatically a parenthesis.

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

The source explains that iʿtirāḍ (الاعتراض) is not limited to a single word. It may stand between connected sentences or inside an unfolding construction, and more than one clause can contribute to the parenthetical effect.

«فَأْتُوهُنَّ مِنْ حَيْثُ أَمَرَكُمُ اللَّهُ»
Approach them in the manner Allah has commanded you.

In the wider setting of Qurʾān 2:222, instruction and moral guidance are interwoven. An analysis must show exactly what surrounding discourse is being interrupted and what additional yet relevant benefit the insertion provides; not every adjacent sentence is automatically a parenthesis.