Literary interpreters emphasize rhetoric, figurative meaning, imagery, arrangement, and the suitability of expression. They seek to clarify how the Qur’an communicates established meaning with particular force and elegance.
A rhetorical insight must be connected to the wording and context, not merely a subjective possibility. Appreciating emotional impact is different from asserting a specific omitted phrase or figurative mechanism; the latter calls for linguistic evidence.
Distinction: legal interpretation asks what ruling follows; rhetorical interpretation asks why a meaning is conveyed effectively in this precise manner. The questions may interact but should not be confused.