Iʿtirāḍ and the Relative Measure of Ījāz and Iṭnāb — Concluding Volume 1
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- What is a key structural condition of the inserted material in iʿtirāḍ?
- Which location is meant by “fī athnāʾ al-kalām”?
- What identifies an insertion between two connected expressions?
- What does “lā maḥalla lahā min al-iʿrāb” mean for an inserted clause?
- Which restriction distinguishes this defined iʿtirāḍ from iḥtirās?
- What is the main rhetorical function of “subḥānahu” in al-Naḥl 16:57?
- What is “subḥāna” grammatically in “subḥānahu”?
- Which part of “inna al-thamānīna wa-bullightahā…” is the parenthetical blessing?
- Why is the wāw of “wa-bullightahā” not ordinary coordination of equivalent reports?
- What is the most reliable distinction between a circumstantial and a parenthetical clause?
- What follows from “bi-jumlatin aw akthar”?
- What matters most when a parenthesis contains multiple clauses?
- What does the inserted discussion of repentance and purity in 2:222 illustrate?
- What is affected by differing definitions of iʿtirāḍ?
- Which feature centrally identifies tadhyīl?
- How does iʿtirāḍ differ from tadhyīl?
- What is the essential difference between iḥtirās and tatmīm?
- Must every case of tatmīm also be iʿtirāḍ?
- What rhetorical benefit is prominent in “wa-yuʾminūna bihī” (Ghāfir 40:7)?
- When can explicit mention of an expected attribute be useful?
- Does every shorter expression necessarily constitute eloquent ījāz?
- How do “sakita al-rajul” and “sakita al-rajul ḥīna suʾila ʿan ḥaqq ghayrih” differ?
- What is the central contrast of al-Anbiyāʾ 21:23?
- Why must the Qur’anic statement not be equated with the poem “wa-nunkiru… wa-lā yunkirūn”?
- When is iṭnāb eloquent?
- Which factor helps identify ḥashw?
- Which analysis best supports classifying an insertion as iʿtirāḍ?
- If a prayer is inserted between related expressions without disrupting their core meaning, which label is most apt?
- Which central principle unites the concluding rhetoric topics of Volume 1?
- What is the sound method when scholars use different boundaries for a rhetorical term?