The Imperative: Form, Basic Meaning, Rhetorical Uses and Timing

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• What is the basic definition of amr in ʿilm al-maʿānī?
• What does ʿalā jihat al-istiʿlāʾ indicate?
• What is the grammatical form of akrim?
• What does li- do in li-yaḥḍur Zaydun?
• Which claim does tabādur support?
• When may a form’s basic signification differ from its contextual use?
• What is the dominant force of jālis al-Ḥasana aw ibna Sīrīn?
• What does aw primarily mark in the permissive example?
• When does iʿmalū mā shiʾtum constitute a threat?
• What distinguishes tahdīd and indhār?
• What is the force of faʾtū bi-sūratin min mithlihi?
• Why analyze the antecedent of -hi in min mithlihi?
• What does demonstrated inability establish in taʿjīz?
• What use is illustrated by kūnū qiradatan khāsiʾīn?
• What is the dominant force in kūnū ḥijāratan aw ḥadīdan?
• How are taskhīr and ihānah distinguished?
• What is conveyed by fa-ṣbirū aw lā taṣbirū?
• How do permission and equalization differ?
• What does injalī convey in addressing the long night?
• What does wa-mā al-iṣbāḥu minka bi-amthal add to the poem?
• Although grammatically imperative, what is rabbī ighfir lī?
• When is a request classified as iltimās?
• What primarily distinguishes duʿāʾ from iltimās?
• What does ḥaqquhu al-fawr suggest?
• What supports the fawr view in the discussion?
• What issue is illustrated by qum thumma iḍṭajiʿ ḥattā al-masāʾ?
• What caution does wa-fīhi naẓar signal?
• What is the sound sequence for interpreting an imperative?
• Why are iʿmalū mā shiʾtum and faʾtū bi-sūrah classified differently?
• What is the grammatical status of ruwayda in ruwayda Bakran?