فَبِأَيِّ آلَاءِ رَبِّكُمَا تُكَذِّبَانِ
Which of your Lord’s favours will you both deny?
Interrogation, repetition, preposing and ellipsis describe forms or operations, not one fixed communicative aim. Ar-Raḥmān’s refrain challenges denial, whereas Al-Ḥujurāt’s shocking question condemns backbiting.
A good analysis names the device, identifies relevant addressees and syntax, and explains the local purpose. Memorising a figure’s name is the beginning, not completion, of rhetorical reasoning.
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Practice 5: Advanced Applied Balāghah in Selected Qur’anic Passages
فَبِأَيِّ آلَاءِ رَبِّكُمَا تُكَذِّبَانِ
Which of your Lord’s favours will you both deny?
Interrogation, repetition, preposing and ellipsis describe forms or operations, not one fixed communicative aim. Ar-Raḥmān’s refrain challenges denial, whereas Al-Ḥujurāt’s shocking question condemns backbiting.
A good analysis names the device, identifies relevant addressees and syntax, and explains the local purpose. Memorising a figure’s name is the beginning, not completion, of rhetorical reasoning.