TestĪjāz al-qaṣrĪjāz al-ḥadhf
Source of concisionSemantic richness of expressed wordsOmission of a word or clause
Contextual clueHelps unfold broader implicationsEssential for restoring omitted material
Example«فِي الْقِصَاصِ حَيَاةٌ»«وَاسْأَلِ الْقَرْيَةَ»
Explaining a short statement in many words does not prove that all those words were originally omitted. Expounding an implication and reconstructing an ellipsis are different analytical operations.