Further Forms of Ibdāl: Definiteness, Agreement, Iltifāt and Word Order
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- What is the principal concern in ibdāl between indefinite and definite expressions?
- What kind of expression is “qīl” in “wa-qīlihi yā rabb”?
- What does the construction “ḥaqq al-yaqīn” especially convey?
- On what does agreement by meaning depend?
- How may the masculine “hādhā” following “al-shams” be explained?
- Why is the modifier plural in “min al-qawm al-ẓālimīn”?
- Why does the parable move from singular “alladhī” to plural “nūrihim”?
- Who is the important referent of the singular pronoun in “min faḍlihi”?
- How should the feminine verb “ʿummiyat” be investigated?
- What is the basic relationship between a condition and its consequent?
- Which theme clarifies the purpose of the oaths in al-Nāziʿāt?
- What is the rhetorical force of “qutila” in “qutila aṣḥābu al-ukhdūd”?
- How should the “idhā” scenes of al-Inshiqāq be understood?
- What rhetorical shift occurs in “kuntum … bihim”?
- What should be established first when interpreting iltifāt?
- What force is prominent in the imperative “fa-mshū fī manākibihā”?
- What is the force of “in kuntum muʾminīn” in al-Baqarah 2:93?
- What does “dhālika” link to in “min ajli dhālika”?
- What is the main rhetorical purpose of “a-raʾayta alladhī yukadhdhibu bi-al-dīn”?
- What must remain unchanged when analyzing word order?
- What does the final exception “illā imraʾatah” indicate?
- What is essential to interpreting “fa-mā yukadhdhibuka baʿdu bi-al-dīn”?
- What caution applies when explaining the lām in “yadʿū la-man ḍarruhu aqrab”?
- What does “taʿalluq bi-al-baʿīd” concern?
- Which interpretation best follows the studied method?
- A collective noun such as “qawm” can be singular in form while denoting many people.
- Since “hādhā rabbī” uses a masculine demonstrative, “al-shams” must itself be masculine in Arabic.
- The change from “kuntum” to “bihim” can be an example of iltifāt.
- “Fa-mshū fī manākibihā” makes continuous travel obligatory for every person.
- An explanatory rearrangement in tafsīr authorizes changing the order of Qur’anic recitation.