LessonsVerbal Embellishments: Resembling Endings, Jinas, Sajʿ, and Further DevicesQuiz

فِيهَا مِصْبَاحٌ الْمِصْبَاحُ فِي زُجَاجَةٍ الزُّجَاجَةُ كَأَنَّهَا كَوْكَبٌ دُرِّيٌّ
Within it is a lamp; the lamp is in glass, and the glass is as though a shining star.

“Miṣbāḥ” occurs at the close of one segment and “al-miṣbāḥ” begins the next; “zujājah” is likewise taken up as “al-zujājah.” Each reused noun becomes the topic of a fresh detail.

Rhetorical effect: the description develops successively from lamp to glass to its brilliant likeness. Sound repetition reinforces the unfolding image instead of merely repeating a label.

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Tashabuh in a Qur’anic sequence

Verbal Embellishments: Resembling Endings, Jinas, Sajʿ, and Further Devices

فِيهَا مِصْبَاحٌ الْمِصْبَاحُ فِي زُجَاجَةٍ الزُّجَاجَةُ كَأَنَّهَا كَوْكَبٌ دُرِّيٌّ
Within it is a lamp; the lamp is in glass, and the glass is as though a shining star.

“Miṣbāḥ” occurs at the close of one segment and “al-miṣbāḥ” begins the next; “zujājah” is likewise taken up as “al-zujājah.” Each reused noun becomes the topic of a fresh detail.

Rhetorical effect: the description develops successively from lamp to glass to its brilliant likeness. Sound repetition reinforces the unfolding image instead of merely repeating a label.