LessonsSemantic Embellishments II: Gathering, Differentiation, Division, Hyperbole, and Further DevicesQuiz

«لَهُمْ فِيهَا دَارُ الْخُلْدِ»
For them, within it, is the abode of permanence.

This is part of Qurʾan 41:28. The expression imagines an “abode of permanence” within the place of punishment. On the rhetorical analysis of tajrid, fiha creates the effect of a specially distinguished abode within it, reinforcing permanence and severity.

The rhetorical purpose is not to supply a physical map but to intensify the sense of unending punishment.

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Tajrid with fi in a Qurʾanic expression

Semantic Embellishments II: Gathering, Differentiation, Division, Hyperbole, and Further Devices

«لَهُمْ فِيهَا دَارُ الْخُلْدِ»
For them, within it, is the abode of permanence.

This is part of Qurʾan 41:28. The expression imagines an “abode of permanence” within the place of punishment. On the rhetorical analysis of tajrid, fiha creates the effect of a specially distinguished abode within it, reinforcing permanence and severity.

The rhetorical purpose is not to supply a physical map but to intensify the sense of unending punishment.