LessonsTamannī and Tarajjī: Definition, Particles, Rhetorical Uses and the Answer to a WishQuiz

فَهَلْ لَنَا مِنْ شُفَعَاءَ فَيَشْفَعُوا لَنَا
Have we any intercessors who might intercede for us? (al-Aʿrāf 7:53)

The desired result is to find intercessors who could intercede on their behalf. In the setting of the Hereafter, regret and helplessness give the question the force of wishing for intercession, not merely a neutral request for information.

Hal retains its interrogative form but conveys tamannī by rhetorical transfer. It is therefore a clear Quranic example of a non-primary wish particle.

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The rhetorical wish in “Do we have intercessors?”

Tamannī and Tarajjī: Definition, Particles, Rhetorical Uses and the Answer to a Wish

فَهَلْ لَنَا مِنْ شُفَعَاءَ فَيَشْفَعُوا لَنَا
Have we any intercessors who might intercede for us? (al-Aʿrāf 7:53)

The desired result is to find intercessors who could intercede on their behalf. In the setting of the Hereafter, regret and helplessness give the question the force of wishing for intercession, not merely a neutral request for information.

Hal retains its interrogative form but conveys tamannī by rhetorical transfer. It is therefore a clear Quranic example of a non-primary wish particle.