LessonsSupplementary Practice 6: Rhetorical Dialogue, Responding to Objections and Choosing the Right ExpressionQuiz

الْفَوْزُ قَرِيبٌ. إِنَّهُ غَيْرُ بَعِيدٍ.
Success is near. Indeed, it is not far away.

The second clause reinforces the first, giving a plausible emphasis reading. Compare this with:

أَحْسَنَ إِلَى أَصْحَابِهِ. أَعَانَ فَقِيرَهُمْ وَعَالَ مَرِيضَهُمْ.
He treated his companions well: he assisted their poor and cared for their sick.

Now the later statements specify what a general act of kindness comprised, making substitution through detail the more salient relation. Semantic closeness alone does not make every second clause an emphatic paraphrase.

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Emphasis or substitution: how the second clause contributes

Supplementary Practice 6: Rhetorical Dialogue, Responding to Objections and Choosing the Right Expression

الْفَوْزُ قَرِيبٌ. إِنَّهُ غَيْرُ بَعِيدٍ.
Success is near. Indeed, it is not far away.

The second clause reinforces the first, giving a plausible emphasis reading. Compare this with:

أَحْسَنَ إِلَى أَصْحَابِهِ. أَعَانَ فَقِيرَهُمْ وَعَالَ مَرِيضَهُمْ.
He treated his companions well: he assisted their poor and cared for their sick.

Now the later statements specify what a general act of kindness comprised, making substitution through detail the more salient relation. Semantic closeness alone does not make every second clause an emphatic paraphrase.