Why is “wa-lakum fī al-qiṣāṣi ḥayāh” exemplary of condensed brevity?
Supplementary Practice 5: Textual Analysis, Scope of Meaning and Rhetorical Judgment
- A substantial, coherent meaning is carried in compact wording
- All of its words have been deleted
- Every word is repeated through a synonym
- It contains no predicative meaning