Qasr (Restriction): Types, Contexts and Four Methods

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• What is the defining rhetorical feature of qasr?
• What chiefly distinguishes real from relative restriction?
• In “Zayd is a writer, not a poet,” what is restricted?
• What is the direction of restriction in “mā fī al-dāri illā Zayd”?
• Why is absolute real restriction problematic in “mā Zaydun illā kātib”?
• What should be identified first when analyzing relative qasr?
• Which subtype corrects a listener who believes Zayd is both poet and writer?
• The listener wrongly thinks Zayd is a poet rather than a writer. Which subtype corrects that?
• Which qasr suits a listener unsure whether Zayd or ʿAmr wrote the article?
• What is the central criterion separating ifrād, qalb and taʿyīn?
• For which discussion is the compatibility of attributes significant?
• How many main methods of qasr are described?
• Which method is used in “Zaydun shāʿirun lā kātibun”?
• What does bal do in “mā Zaydun kātiban bal shāʿir”?
• What construction does “mā Zaydun illā shāʿir” use?
• What does the exception in “mā ... illā” do?
• What structurally distinguishes innamā from “mā ... illā”?
• What should not be inferred from the partial citation “innamā ḥarrama ʿalaykum al-maytah”?
• What may the prominent anā convey in “anā kafaytu muhimmaka”?
• Why should not every preposed element be read as absolute restriction?
• What is an appropriate reading of “mā Muḥammadun illā rasūl”?
• What is meant by treating the known as though it were unknown?
• What does the response “alā innahum hum al-mufsidūn” establish against “innamā naḥnu muṣliḥūn”?
• How may the phrase “innamā yatadhakkaru ulū al-albāb” imply indirect criticism?
• What must be checked to identify the focus in “mā ḍaraba illā ʿAmran Zayd”?
• Which three pieces complete an analysis of qasr?
• Every relative restriction denies the possibility of any third property.
• In qalb the listener initially holds a contrary predication.
• Both “mā Zaydun illā shāʿir” and “innamā Zaydun shāʿir” can express contextual restriction.
• Changing the syntactic roles of subject and object never affects the direction of restriction.