نِعْمَ الرَّجُلُ زَيْدٌ
How excellent a man Zayd is!
Praise, blame, expressions of wonder, oaths, and certain contractual forms can have non-requesting force. The main analytical focus here, however, is the five requesting forms and their transferred rhetorical uses.
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Inshāʾ and Tamannī: Requests, Wishing, Exhortation, and Reproach
نِعْمَ الرَّجُلُ زَيْدٌ
How excellent a man Zayd is!
Praise, blame, expressions of wonder, oaths, and certain contractual forms can have non-requesting force. The main analytical focus here, however, is the five requesting forms and their transferred rhetorical uses.