إِيَّاكَ نَعْبُدُ
You alone we worship.
The table distinguishes form from its defensible rhetorical effect. Every case begins with grammar and meaning before drawing a conclusion about stylistic force.
Qur’anic phraseSecure structureRhetorical effect
إِيَّاكَ نَعْبُدُPreposed objectExclusive devotion in context
مَا وَدَّعَكَ ... وَمَا قَلَىٰTwo negatives; ellipsisReassurance and reinforcement
وَاشْتَعَلَ الرَّأْسُ شَيْبًاFigurative verb with tamyīzVivid spread of greying
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Practice 5: Advanced Applied Balāghah in Selected Qur’anic Passages
إِيَّاكَ نَعْبُدُ
You alone we worship.
The table distinguishes form from its defensible rhetorical effect. Every case begins with grammar and meaning before drawing a conclusion about stylistic force.
Qur’anic phraseSecure structureRhetorical effect
إِيَّاكَ نَعْبُدُPreposed objectExclusive devotion in context
مَا وَدَّعَكَ ... وَمَا قَلَىٰTwo negatives; ellipsisReassurance and reinforcement
وَاشْتَعَلَ الرَّأْسُ شَيْبًاFigurative verb with tamyīzVivid spread of greying