﴿وَلَكُمْ فِي الْقِصَاصِ حَيَاةٌ﴾
And for you there is life in just retribution. (al-Baqarah 2:179)
The concise word حَيَاةٌ evokes the protection of individuals, communal security, and the deterrence of killing. Rather than merely denying further killing, the verse expresses the positive preservation of life.
This is a central illustration of ījāz al-qaṣr: broad meaning emerges from the force of the words actually present, not from a mandatory reconstruction of a particular omitted clause.
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Supplementary Practice 1: Applied Analysis of Faṣl, Waṣl, Ījāz and Iṭnāb
﴿وَلَكُمْ فِي الْقِصَاصِ حَيَاةٌ﴾
And for you there is life in just retribution. (al-Baqarah 2:179)
The concise word حَيَاةٌ evokes the protection of individuals, communal security, and the deterrence of killing. Rather than merely denying further killing, the verse expresses the positive preservation of life.
This is a central illustration of ījāz al-qaṣr: broad meaning emerges from the force of the words actually present, not from a mandatory reconstruction of a particular omitted clause.