LessonsSupplementary Master Practicum: Rhetorical Criticism, Revision and Justified InterpretationQuiz

وَيَوْمَ تَقُومُ السَّاعَةُ ... مَا لَبِثُوا غَيْرَ سَاعَةٍ
When the Hour is established ... they stayed no more than an hour.

The first “hour” denotes the final Hour and the second a duration of time. Verbal likeness together with different senses produces the paronomastic effect. A comparison edit replacing the second term with “moment” can preserve the idea of duration while removing that exact verbal correspondence.

Semantic similarity in translation is not enough to preserve jinās. The Arabic form and each intended meaning must be checked separately.

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How a single change can undo complete jinās

Supplementary Master Practicum: Rhetorical Criticism, Revision and Justified Interpretation

وَيَوْمَ تَقُومُ السَّاعَةُ ... مَا لَبِثُوا غَيْرَ سَاعَةٍ
When the Hour is established ... they stayed no more than an hour.

The first “hour” denotes the final Hour and the second a duration of time. Verbal likeness together with different senses produces the paronomastic effect. A comparison edit replacing the second term with “moment” can preserve the idea of duration while removing that exact verbal correspondence.

Semantic similarity in translation is not enough to preserve jinās. The Arabic form and each intended meaning must be checked separately.