إنشَاء Insha

  • True/False doesn’t apply

  • Doesn’t hold true if you don’t say it .

  • For example, the command “Bring me water!” only holds significance within the act of communication itself.

  • 5 kinds of insha are studied in balagha ( there are more but not studied in balagha ) :

    1. الأمر ( command )
    2. النّهِي ( Forbidding )
    3. الاستفهام ( Question )
    4. التّمني ( Wishes )
    5. النِداء ( Calling Someone )
  1. First kind of إنشَاء الأمر

Command

While its primary function is to issue orders or requests, it can express a wide range of secondary meanings depending on the context

Forms of Amr

Amr can take various forms:

  • Direct commands: These are straightforward orders like “Bring me water!”.

  • Requests: These are polite ways of asking someone to do something, often using specific grammatical structures or vocabulary.

  • Rhetorical questions: These questions are not intended to elicit an answer but to make a statement or express an emotion

Secondary Meaning of Amr :

  • Emphasis or certainty: Using specific grammatical structures, such as a masdar in the mansoob case and nakirah form, intensifies the command, like saying “Help!” instead of “You should help”.

  • Supplication or pleading: Amr can be used to implore someone on a similar level or counsel someone, emphasizing the importance of the message. For example, “Listen to me! Take this seriously!”

  • Threat or warning: Amr can convey a threat by challenging someone to do something impossible or implying a negative consequence. Phrases like “Say it again!” or “Hit me!” illustrate this.

  • Permission or allowance: Amr can grant permission or indicate acceptance of a situation, such as “Cry or don’t cry” or “Please sit.”

  • Contemplation or reflection: Amr can prompt the listener to think deeply about something by directing their attention to it, for instance, “Look at the sky!”

The Forms of الأمر:

  1. Simple Commands
    Example:
    • “Bring me water!”
      (“You should bring me water!”)

  2. Third-person Commands (using the Lightest Laam – لِ وَلْ فَلْ)

    لِيُنفِقْ ذُو سَعَةٍ مِّن سَعَتِهِۦ ۖ Quran 65:7

    And let the wealthy man spend according to his wealth

    Example:

    • “Let them come.”
  3. When certain Isms are “married” to Harf
    • Harf implies the command.

    عَلَيْكُمْ أَنفُسَكُمْ ۖ لَا يَضُرُّكُم مَّن ضَلَّ إِذَا ٱهْتَدَيْتُمْ 5:105

    you are responsible for your own souls; if anyone else goes astray it will not harm you so long as you follow the guidance

    Example:

    • “You have to pray!”
  4. Masdar (Verbal Noun) is Mansoob (Accusative) and Nakirah (common)
    Example:
    • “Strive!” سعيًا
    • “Have patience!” صبرًا
  5. فعل مضارع You’ll get on the bus

The Meanings of الأمر:

  1. Due like Begging ( كالدعاء)
    Example:
    • “O Allah, forgive me!”
      27:19 رَبِّ أَوْزِعْنِىٓ أَنْ أَشْكُرَ نِعْمَتَكَ
  2. Request to Someone of Equal Level (والالتماس)
    Example:
    • “Please sit.”

  3. Permission (الإباحة)

  4. Threats (تهديد)
    Example:
    • “Say it again!”
    • “Hit me!”
  5. Guidance and Counseling (الارشاد)
    Example:
    • “Listen to me carefully!”
  6. When Two Things Are having same outcome (التسوية)
    Example:
    • “Cry or don’t cry.”
  7. Honoring Someone in Hospitality (الإكرام)
    Example:
    • “Please sit.”
  8. To Humiliate somebody (والإهانة)

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By Bayyinah Dream Students

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