Supplementary Practice 29 — Comparative Rhetoric of Sūrat al-Infiṭār and Sūrat al-Inshiqāq
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- Where is the principal result of the opening idhā clauses of al-Infiṭār expressed?
- What is the dominant rhetorical purpose of “mā gharraka bi-rabbika al-karīm”?
- Which analysis best describes “mā” in “mā qaddamat wa-akhkharat”?
- In one recognized parse of “fī ayyi ṣūratin mā shāʾa rakkabaka,” what is mā?
- What does bal accomplish in “kallā bal tukadhdhibūna bi-l-dīn”?
- What is the syntactic role of “ʿalaykum” in “wa-inna ʿalaykum la-ḥāfiẓīn”?
- Which is correct about the initial wāw in “wa-inna ʿalaykum la-ḥāfiẓīn”?
- How are the two emphatic clauses on the righteous and wicked related?
- What is a notable function of bāʾ in “bi-ghāʾibīn” under negation?
- What is the principal effect of repeating “mā adrāka” with thumma?
- Which interpretation respects the context of “wa-l-amru yawmaʾidhin li-llāh”?
- What is a recognized grammatical account of the response to idhā in 84:1–5?
- Why does “wa-adhinat li-rabbihā wa-ḥuqqat” occur twice?
- What is the role of “kadḥan” in “innaka kādiḥun ilā rabbika kadḥan”?
- What is a careful approach to the pronoun in “fa-mulāqīhi”?
- What is the chief purpose of “fa-ammā ... wa-ammā ...” in 84:7–12?
- What is the grammatical structure of “ḥisāban yasīran”?
- What is the syntactic role of masrūran in “wa-yanqalibu ilā ahlihi masrūran”?
- How should the two occurrences of masrūran in 84:9 and 84:13 be interpreted?
- What does balā do after “ẓanna an lan yaḥūra”?
- What does “la-tarkabunna ṭabaqan ʿan ṭabaq” answer?
- What is the correct scholarly response to the readings la-tarkabunna / la-tarkabanna?
- What is the rhetorical function of “fa-mā lahum lā yuʾminūn”?
- What is the relevant focus of the passive quriʾa in 84:21?
- What is implied by “fa-bashshirhum bi-ʿadhābin alīm”?
- What is the central function of the final “illā alladhīna āmanū wa-ʿamilū al-ṣāliḥāt”?
- How is lahum most suitably parsed in “lahum ajrun ghayru mamnūn”?
- How do “mā adrāka” and “fa-mā lahum lā yuʾminūn” chiefly differ?
- Which passage gives a recognized example of ellipsis of a conditional result?
- Which principle best guides advanced rhetorical analysis?