Inshāʾ: Requestive and Non-requestive Forms, Imperative Constructions and Rhetorical Functions

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• What most fundamentally distinguishes khabar from inshāʾ?
• What does “not yet attained at the time of request” mean in ṭalabī inshāʾ?
• Which set contains exactly the five forms of requestive inshāʾ?
• How is “نِعْمَ الرَّجُلُ زَيْدٌ” classified in this lesson?
• What is the force of “ʿalā wajh al-istiʿlāʾ” in defining a command?
• Which pair correctly illustrates an imperative ism fiʿl and a maṣdar substituting for a command?
• What is the grammatical role of “الْكِتَابَ” in the command?
• Why is “يُنْفِقْ” jussive in “لِيُنْفِقْ ذُو سَعَةٍ”?
• What is the correct grammatical identity of “حَيَّ” in the adhān phrase?
• Why is “سَعْيًا” accusative in its imperative use?
• How should the primary and extended rhetorical senses of an imperative be distinguished?
• What is the rhetorical force of the imperative in “رَبِّ أَوْزِعْنِي أَنْ أَشْكُرَ نِعْمَتَكَ”?
• Between two peers, what is the likely function of “أَعْطِنِي الْكِتَابَ”?
• What is the rhetorical function of a poet ordering the night to “انْجَلِي”?
• Why is “فَاكْتُبُوهُ” in the debt context an example of irshād?
• Under which circumstance is “اعْمَلُوا مَا شِئْتُمْ” a threat?
• What makes “انْشُرُوا لِي كُلَيْبًا” an example of taʿjīz?
• What is the rhetorical purpose of “كُونُوا حِجَارَةً أَوْ حَدِيدًا”?
• When is “كُلُوا وَاشْرَبُوا” best classified as ibāḥah?
• What textual clue foregrounds imtinān in “كُلُوا مِمَّا رَزَقَكُمُ اللَّهُ”?
• What does “خُذْ هَذَا أَوْ ذَاكَ” primarily express?
• How should taswiyah be understood in “فَاصْبِرُوا أَوْ لَا تَصْبِرُوا”?
• What is the grammatical role of “آمِنِينَ” in “ادْخُلُوهَا بِسَلَامٍ آمِنِينَ”?
• What rhetorical purpose may be prominent in welcoming a guest with “ادْخُلْ بِسَلَامٍ”?
• Vocative address and wishing are among the five types of requestive inshāʾ.
• “لِيُنْفِقْ” is an ordinary report because it contains an imperfect verb.
• A prayer may use imperative morphology while functioning as humble supplication.
• “اعملوا ما شئتم” necessarily grants permission and can never express a threat.
• Permission and reminding of favor can coexist in one imperative expression.
• Takhyīr and taswiyah must mean the same thing because both can employ “أو”.