«رَبِّ أَرِنِي أَنْظُرْ إِلَيْكَ» (al-Aʿrāf 7:143)
My Lord, show me, that I may look toward You.
The thing requested to be shown is not separately named after “arinī,” yet “that I may look toward You” identifies the intended referent. An explicit repetition would be unnecessary.
This is ellipsis with a clear contextual cue. Unlike absolute predication, the speaker has a definite intended referent even though the relevant complement is omitted.
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Rhetorical States of Verbal Complements: Omission, Mention and Preposing
«رَبِّ أَرِنِي أَنْظُرْ إِلَيْكَ» (al-Aʿrāf 7:143)
My Lord, show me, that I may look toward You.
The thing requested to be shown is not separately named after “arinī,” yet “that I may look toward You” identifies the intended referent. An explicit repetition would be unnecessary.
This is ellipsis with a clear contextual cue. Unlike absolute predication, the speaker has a definite intended referent even though the relevant complement is omitted.