The Subject of Predication: Pronouns of Affair, Iltifāt and Departure from Expected Expression

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• What does the initial pronoun of affair prepare the hearer for?
• What distinguishes the pronoun in “جاء زيد وهو مسرور” from a pronoun of affair?
• What rhetorical work can “هذا” perform in this line?
• When may “هذا” convey mockery?
• Which interpretation of “هو” is discussed rhetorically in “قُلْ هُوَ اللَّهُ أَحَدٌ”?
• What does the repetition of “بالحق” emphasize?
• Why might a speaker use an explicit noun where a pronoun was possible?
• Which perspectives are involved in the familiar definition of iltifāt?
• How many directed changes are possible among the three persons?
• Which rhetorical shift appears in “كُنْتُمْ ... وَجَرَيْنَ بِهِمْ”?
• Where does the iltifāt occur in “أَرْسَلَ الرِّيَاحَ ... فَسُقْنَاهُ”?
• What is the effect of moving to “إِيَّاكَ” after “مَالِكِ يَوْمِ الدِّينِ”?
• What distinct effect does preposing the object in “إِيَّاكَ نَعْبُدُ” have?
• Which is a general rhetorical purpose of iltifāt?
• What should be examined beyond the general function of iltifāt?
• What distinction is made concerning al-Sakkākī and the narrower standard definition?
• What justifies a wise redirection rather than a literal answer?
• Which aspect is emphasized in the answer about lunar crescents?
• What does the reply to “مَاذَا يُنْفِقُونَ” foreground?
• What can past tense used for a future event convey?
• What are the form and contextual reference of “فَفَزِعَ”?
• What is the morphological form of “واقع” in “وَإِنَّ الدِّينَ لَوَاقِعٌ”?
• What is “مجموع” in “يَوْمٌ مَجْمُوعٌ لَهُ النَّاسُ”?
• How does qalb differ from ordinary word-order adjustment?
• Which rhetorical discussion includes “عَرَضْتُ النَّاقَةَ عَلَى الْحَوْضِ”?
• What especially supports an eloquent use of qalb?
• What effect is intensified by “كان لون أرضه سماؤه”?
• A pronoun of affair always refers back to a previously named man.
• “كُنْتُمْ ... وَجَرَيْنَ بِهِمْ” shifts from second to third person.
• Any irrelevant reply qualifies as wise rhetorical redirection.