THE ELOQUENCE OF BREVITY BY OMISSION AND ITS EFFECT IN THE MIRACULOUS NATURE OF THE QURAN

Abstract

This research aims to demonstrate the impact of brevity through omission in the Qur'anic inimitability by cataloguing its most significant types according to rhetoricians, studying them, and categorizing them into those that have a clear impact on inimitability and those that do not. The researchers concluded that brevity is the most prominent of the rhetorical arts in the Qur'anic chapters. The detailing of the Qur'an is prolixity in relation to its brevity, and brevity when compared to the prolixity of people. It was also found that the most prominent types of brevity that affect inimitability are eight (ellipsis, parataxis, incorporation, rhetorical resumption, metaphor, summarization, employment, and abbreviation), and the most notable types that have no apparent effect on inimitability are three (truncation, endorsements, and telegrams). The researchers do not claim exhaustive enumeration in this, but this is a classification of the most famous types of brevity according to what was perceived after investigation, analysis, and classification. The researchers used the inductive method to collect the material, select striking examples, and explain statements. They also used the analytical method to clarify the subtleties of foundation and representation, and the critical method derived from analysis to favour the stronger opinion and criticize the weaker tone. The descriptive method was used to describe the features and characteristics of brevity in the Qur'an and their recurrence in its two types.