Durus al-Balagha — First Lessons in Arabic Rhetoric (دروس البلاغة) — Page 74

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وكتأكيد الإنذار في قوله تعالى: ﴿كَلَّا سَوْفَ تَعْلَمُونَ * ثُمَّ كَلَّا سَوْفَ تَعْلَمُونَ﴾.

And as an emphasis of the warning in His saying, the Exalted: 'Nay, you shall come to know. Then nay, you shall come to know.'

ومنها الاعتراض، وهو توسط لفظ بين أجزاء جملة، أو بين جملتين مرتبطتين معنى لغرض، نحو: إِنَّ الثَّمَانِينَ وَبُلْغْتَهَا قَدْ أَحْوَجَتْ سَمْعِي إِلَى تَرْجُمَانْ.

Among them is the parenthetical clause (al-i'tirad), which is the insertion of a word between the parts of a sentence, or between two sentences that are semantically linked, for a specific purpose, such as: 'Indeed, eighty years—and having reached it—have made my hearing in need of an interpreter.'

ونحو قوله تعالى: ﴿وَيَجْعَلُونَ لِلَّهِ الْبَنَاتِ سُبْحَانَهُ وَلَهُم مَّا يَشْتَهُونَ﴾.

And they attribute to Allah daughters - exalted is He - and for them is what they desire.

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Vocabulary · المفردات (12 verbs · 34 nouns)

• عَلِمَ — to know
• أَحْوَجَ — to cause to need
• جَعَلَ — to make
• تَأْكِيدٌ — confirmation
• إِنْذَارٌ — warning
• قَوْلٌ — saying