LessonsIqtibas, Tadmeen, Aqd, Hall, Talmih and the Art of Literary Openings and EndingsQuiz

«فَصَبْرٌ جَمِيلٌ»
Then beautiful patience is called for.

“So patience is beautiful” is a Qur’anic expression associated with exemplary patience. A poet who uses this brief phrase when describing separation and endurance may evoke its established scriptural resonance.

The effect has two layers: fitness within the new sentence, and an echo of the established source. The surrounding poetic words do not become Qur’anic text; the scriptural wording and the poet’s addition must remain distinct.

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Iqtibas, Tadmeen, Aqd, Hall, Talmih and the Art of Literary Openings and Endings

«فَصَبْرٌ جَمِيلٌ»
Then beautiful patience is called for.

“So patience is beautiful” is a Qur’anic expression associated with exemplary patience. A poet who uses this brief phrase when describing separation and endurance may evoke its established scriptural resonance.

The effect has two layers: fitness within the new sentence, and an echo of the established source. The surrounding poetic words do not become Qur’anic text; the scriptural wording and the poet’s addition must remain distinct.