Division of Surahs into Verses, Qur’anic Rhythm, and Verse Endings

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• Which statement about the division into verses is sound?
• How should the relationship between a Qur’anic verse and a poetic line be described?
• What is the principal role of a metrical foot such as fāʿilun in prosody?
• A passage sounds balanced but does not fit a recognized poetic metre. What follows?
• What is the key distinction between approximate and exact metrical correspondence?
• What do ṣadr and ʿajuz denote in classical Arabic prosody?
• Where are the technical ʿarūḍ and ḍarb located?
• What role does the rawī play in poetic rhyme?
• What is a ziḥāf in the context of prosody?
• What principle follows from comparing Arabic prosody with other verse traditions?
• What is central to the discussion of imtidād nafasī?
• Which statement about long, medium, and short verses is correct?
• Which is the most appropriate way to examine a verse ending?
• Which statement about long-vowel correspondence at endings is most accurate?
• What should be avoided when several verses share a terminal consonant?
• What is the main interpretive value of studying repetition in al-Raḥmān and al-Mursalāt?
• If a verse ends in “ʿalīman ḥakīman,” which analysis is best?
• What is the proper scholarly caution when examining a phrase such as “salāmun ʿalā il-yāsīn”?
• What is notable about the sequence “khudhūhu fa-ghullūh … thumma …”?
• What is correct when one verse contains several internal clauses?
• What best explains the variation of verse endings?
• What follows from the Qur’an’s not being bound to one poetic metre?
• If a surah has different divine attributes at verse endings, what should the reader do?
• Which three-part inquiry best assesses a Qur’anic verse ending?
• Which conclusion about the Qur’an’s distinctive arrangement is strongest?
• Every end-of-verse necessarily marks the end of a complete, unrelated topic.
• Approximate rhythmic resemblance does not prove that an entire Qur’anic verse follows a fixed poetic metre.
• The breath-span analysis requires every reciter to pause after the same number of seconds.
• A recurring refrain in a surah such as al-Raḥmān may acquire renewed emphasis after each preceding passage.
• To interpret a verse ending, it is sufficient to examine rhyme and disregard the meaning of the final word.