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A Syntactic–Rhetorical Analysis of the Rule of Nazaʿ al-Khāfiḍ and Its Role in Explaining Interpretive Meanings within Qur’anic Structures
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Elahe Hadian Rasnani1   , Zohreh Jabbari |
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| The rule of nazaʿ al-khāfiḍ (preposition omission) constitutes one of the distinctive and frequent syntactic phenomena in the Arabic language, prominently reflected in numerous verses of the Holy Qur’an. It plays a significant role in meaning production, verbal conciseness, and the conveyance of moral and theological concepts. This study, adopting a descriptive–analytical approach, aims to elucidate the syntactic and rhetorical dimensions of this rule in the Qur’an and to examine its effects on sentence structure as well as on the semantic and exegetical implications of the verses. In the first part, the conceptual foundations of nazaʿ al-khāfiḍ are revisited and its theoretical basis in classical Arabic grammatical literature is analyzed. The second part presents a sample-based analysis of selected Qur’anic verses to identify the rhetorical purposes of nazaʿ al-khāfiḍ, including artistic conciseness, the intensification of admonitory tone, semantic emphasis on key elements, and the enhancement of monotheistic, moral, and doctrinal messages. The findings indicate that nazaʿ al-khāfiḍ is not merely a syntactic phenomenon but a rhetorical device with extensive functional capacity in meaning construction, guiding the audience toward deeper layers of Qur’anic signification and enriching the expressive diversity of divine discourse. |
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| Keywords: Nazaʿ al-Khāfiḍ, Preposition Omission, Holy Qur’an, Syntactic Analysis, Qur’anic Rhetoric, Rhetorical Functions. |
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Type of Study: Research |
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Received: 2025/11/21 | Accepted: 2025/11/21 | Published: 2025/11/21
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