Why should one not automatically call 109:6 an instance of ellipsis?
Supplementary Practice 22: Comparative Rhetorical Study of Sūrat al-Kāfirūn and al-Naṣr
- Because every short sentence is necessarily amplification
- Because no nominal predication occurs in the verse
- Because fronting cannot ever mark special assignment
- An ellipsis claim requires identifiable omitted material and evidence