LessonsPractice 5: Advanced Applied Balāghah in Selected Qur’anic PassagesQuiz

أَيُحِبُّ أَحَدُكُمْ أَنْ يَأْكُلَ لَحْمَ أَخِيهِ مَيْتًا فَكَرِهْتُمُوهُ
Would any of you like to eat the flesh of his dead brother? You would detest it.

First identify the interrogative form. Next establish the context: the prohibition of backbiting. Then describe the concrete repellent analogy. Finally show how fa-karihtumūhu supplies the expected audience response.

Method: Rhetorical interrogation and vivid analogy can coexist. A convincing explanation does not merely list labels; it separately states the evidence and contribution of each feature.

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Practice 5: Advanced Applied Balāghah in Selected Qur’anic Passages

أَيُحِبُّ أَحَدُكُمْ أَنْ يَأْكُلَ لَحْمَ أَخِيهِ مَيْتًا فَكَرِهْتُمُوهُ
Would any of you like to eat the flesh of his dead brother? You would detest it.

First identify the interrogative form. Next establish the context: the prohibition of backbiting. Then describe the concrete repellent analogy. Finally show how fa-karihtumūhu supplies the expected audience response.

Method: Rhetorical interrogation and vivid analogy can coexist. A convincing explanation does not merely list labels; it separately states the evidence and contribution of each feature.