LessonsRhetorical States of Verbal Complements: Omission, Mention and PreposingQuiz

«شَجْوُ حُسَّادِهِ وَغَيْظُ عِدَاهُ أَنْ يَرَى مُبْصِرٌ وَيَسْمَعَ وَاعِي»
The grief of his enviers and vexation of his enemies is that anyone with sight sees, and anyone with hearing hears.

The objects of “yarā” (sees) and “yasmaʿa” (hears) are unexpressed. Yet the surrounding praise points to the celebrated person and his manifest virtues: people see his distinction and hear about it.

By withholding the object, the verse focuses on the fame of what is visible and audible. Unlike the earlier “those who know” example, the setting here makes a specific praised referent recoverable.

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Al-Buḥturī: a recoverable praised person

Rhetorical States of Verbal Complements: Omission, Mention and Preposing

«شَجْوُ حُسَّادِهِ وَغَيْظُ عِدَاهُ أَنْ يَرَى مُبْصِرٌ وَيَسْمَعَ وَاعِي»
The grief of his enviers and vexation of his enemies is that anyone with sight sees, and anyone with hearing hears.

The objects of “yarā” (sees) and “yasmaʿa” (hears) are unexpressed. Yet the surrounding praise points to the celebrated person and his manifest virtues: people see his distinction and hear about it.

By withholding the object, the verse focuses on the fame of what is visible and audible. Unlike the earlier “those who know” example, the setting here makes a specific praised referent recoverable.