Durus al-Balagha — First Lessons in Arabic Rhetoric (دروس البلاغة) — Page 108

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فَإِنَّ (زُخْرُفًا)، وَ(إِذَا زُلْزِلَتْ)، وَ(لَمْ يَكُنْ)، أَسْمَاءُ سُوَرٍ مِنَ الْقُرْآنِ.

For 'Zukhruf', 'Idha Zulzilat', and 'Lam Yakun' are names of chapters from the Quran.

الطِّبَاقُ هُوَ الْجَمْعُ بَيْنَ مَعْنَيَيْنِ مُتَقَابِلَيْنِ، نَحْوَ قَوْلِهِ تَعَالَى: ﴿وَتَحْسَبُهُمْ أَيْقَاظًا وَهُمْ رُقُودٌ﴾، وَلَكِنَّ أَكْثَرَ النَّاسِ لَا يَعْلَمُونَ * يَعْلَمُونَ ظَاهِرًا مِنَ الْحَيَاةِ الدُّنْيَا.

Antithesis (al-tibaq) is the combining of two opposing meanings, such as His saying, the Almighty: 'And you would think them awake, while they were asleep,' and 'But most of the people do not know. They know what is apparent of the worldly life.'

مِنَ الطِّبَاقِ الْمُقَابَلَةُ: وَهُوَ أَنْ يُؤْتَى بِمَعْنَيَيْنِ، أَوْ أَكْثَرَ، ثُمَّ يُؤْتَى بِمَا يُقَابِلُ ذَلِكَ عَلَى التَّرْتِيبِ، نَحْوَ قَوْلِهِ تَعَالَى: فَلْيَضْحَكُوا قَلِيلًا وَلْيَبْكُوا كَثِيرًا.

A form of antithesis is 'muqabala' (correspondence): it is when two or more meanings are presented, and then what corresponds to them is presented in order, such as His saying, the Almighty: 'So let them laugh a little and weep much.'

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Vocabulary · المفردات (16 verbs · 36 nouns)

• زَلْزَلَ — to shake
• كَانَ — to be
• جَمَعَ — to collect
• زُخْرُفٌ — ornament
• سُورَةٌ — surah
• قُرْآنٌ — Quran