LessonsʿIlm al-Badīʿ: Verbal Embellishments — Paronomasia, Rhymed Prose and Related FiguresQuiz

«مَا لَكُمْ لَا تَرْجُونَ لِلَّهِ وَقَارًا ۝ وَقَدْ خَلَقَكُمْ أَطْوَارًا»
“What is wrong with you that you do not revere God, though He created you in successive stages?”

Waqārā and aṭwārā share an audible terminal rhyme but differ in their underlying formal patterns. This illustrates muṭarraf sajʿ.

The defining feature is not full identity of ending words: it is a common rhyme letter alongside unequal patterns.

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Muṭarraf sajʿ: shared rhyme, differing patterns

ʿIlm al-Badīʿ: Verbal Embellishments — Paronomasia, Rhymed Prose and Related Figures

«مَا لَكُمْ لَا تَرْجُونَ لِلَّهِ وَقَارًا ۝ وَقَدْ خَلَقَكُمْ أَطْوَارًا»
“What is wrong with you that you do not revere God, though He created you in successive stages?”

Waqārā and aṭwārā share an audible terminal rhyme but differ in their underlying formal patterns. This illustrates muṭarraf sajʿ.

The defining feature is not full identity of ending words: it is a common rhyme letter alongside unequal patterns.