A rhetorical device where the communicator deliberately changes grammatical elements—such as person, tense, form, or sentence type—to maintain engagement, create emphasis, or add expressive variety.
Read more about Rhetorical Shift at The Encyclopedia of Arabic Rhetoric
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Text | Explanation | Rhetorical Impact Score | Source | Genre |
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| ↑ ↓ | ↑ ↓ | ↑ ↓ | ↑ ↓ | ||
| 1 | هِمْ | The verse starts with أنزلنا with the نا referring to Allah in the first person plural. To maintain consistency, Allah should be referred to here as بإذننا. However Allah is here referred to in the third person, even though both refer to the same Allah. This causes a rhetorical shift from the agent that sent down the revelation ("نحن") to the people (الناس) and the Lord they worship. | 1 | سورة إبراهيم، الآيتان 1 و2 Surah Ibrahim, Verses 1 & 2 |
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