Qur’anic verse endings frequently exhibit sonic harmony. Rhetorical analysis may compare these with sajʿ, while fawāṣil al-āyāt remains an appropriate separate term for Qur’anic endings.
«وَالنَّجْمِ إِذَا هَوَىٰ مَا ضَلَّ صَاحِبُكُمْ وَمَا غَوَىٰ»
“By the star when it sets: your companion has neither strayed nor erred.”
Hawā and ghawā provide a clear cadence. Yet the central effect is the movement from oath to affirmation, not a sound pattern imposed on the meaning.
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ʿIlm al-Badīʿ: Verbal Embellishments — Paronomasia, Rhymed Prose and Related Figures
Qur’anic verse endings frequently exhibit sonic harmony. Rhetorical analysis may compare these with sajʿ, while fawāṣil al-āyāt remains an appropriate separate term for Qur’anic endings.
«وَالنَّجْمِ إِذَا هَوَىٰ مَا ضَلَّ صَاحِبُكُمْ وَمَا غَوَىٰ»
“By the star when it sets: your companion has neither strayed nor erred.”
Hawā and ghawā provide a clear cadence. Yet the central effect is the movement from oath to affirmation, not a sound pattern imposed on the meaning.