LessonsQur’anic Ellipsis (Ḥadhf): Implied Words, Relationships and Rhetorical BrevityQuiz

“Fa-jaʿalahu nasaban wa-ṣihran”
“He appointed for him kinship and ties by marriage.” (al-Furqān 25:54, excerpt)

The context of human creation makes clear that a person is granted relationships of lineage and marriage. The sense may be elucidated as “made for him ties of kinship and marriage,” rather than making a human being literally identical to kinship.

“Inna alladhīna ittakhadhū al-ʿijl”
“Those who took the calf [as a god].” (al-Aʿrāf 7:152, excerpt)

The understood predicate of worship follows from context, though “as a god” is not recited as part of that excerpt.

The correct complement must be selected through actual usage and the surrounding passage.

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Qur’anic Ellipsis (Ḥadhf): Implied Words, Relationships and Rhetorical Brevity

“Fa-jaʿalahu nasaban wa-ṣihran”
“He appointed for him kinship and ties by marriage.” (al-Furqān 25:54, excerpt)

The context of human creation makes clear that a person is granted relationships of lineage and marriage. The sense may be elucidated as “made for him ties of kinship and marriage,” rather than making a human being literally identical to kinship.

“Inna alladhīna ittakhadhū al-ʿijl”
“Those who took the calf [as a god].” (al-Aʿrāf 7:152, excerpt)

The understood predicate of worship follows from context, though “as a god” is not recited as part of that excerpt.

The correct complement must be selected through actual usage and the surrounding passage.