«وَهُمْ يَنْهَوْنَ عَنْهُ وَيَنْأَوْنَ عَنْهُ»
“They forbid others from it, while themselves keeping away from it.”
Yanhawna and yanʾawna are similar in sound but differ in the identity of a letter: h versus hamzah. This is substitution, not insertion of an additional letter.
The meanings also differ: one is to forbid, the other to withdraw. The close sounds allow a sharp comparison of two related behaviors.
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ʿIlm al-Badīʿ: Verbal Embellishments — Paronomasia, Rhymed Prose and Related Figures
«وَهُمْ يَنْهَوْنَ عَنْهُ وَيَنْأَوْنَ عَنْهُ»
“They forbid others from it, while themselves keeping away from it.”
Yanhawna and yanʾawna are similar in sound but differ in the identity of a letter: h versus hamzah. This is substitution, not insertion of an additional letter.
The meanings also differ: one is to forbid, the other to withdraw. The close sounds allow a sharp comparison of two related behaviors.