﴿وَاسْأَلِ الْقَرْيَةَ﴾
And ask the town. (a portion of Yūsuf 12:82)
The question is directed to the people of the town, not to its buildings. A standard reconstruction is «وَاسْأَلْ أَهْلَ الْقَرْيَةِ». Established usage and context support the implied constituent.
Identifying an ellipsis requires more than imagining omitted words. The contextual evidence must enable the audience to recover the intended element with reasonable confidence.
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Supplementary Practice 1: Applied Analysis of Faṣl, Waṣl, Ījāz and Iṭnāb
﴿وَاسْأَلِ الْقَرْيَةَ﴾
And ask the town. (a portion of Yūsuf 12:82)
The question is directed to the people of the town, not to its buildings. A standard reconstruction is «وَاسْأَلْ أَهْلَ الْقَرْيَةِ». Established usage and context support the implied constituent.
Identifying an ellipsis requires more than imagining omitted words. The contextual evidence must enable the audience to recover the intended element with reasonable confidence.