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A mournful, melancholy or plaintive poem, especially a funeral song or a lament for the dead. |
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| Any expressive use of language, as a metaphor, simile, personification, or antithesis, in which words are used in other than their literal sense, or in other than their ordinary locutions, in order to suggest a picture or image or for other special effect |
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| Direct opposite; oposition; contrast. |
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| The sacred text of islam, divided into 114 chapters, or suras: revered as the word of god, dictated to Muhammad by the archangel Gabriel, and accepted as the foundation of Islamic law, religion, culture, and politics. |
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A discourse for the purpose of religious instruction or exhortation, especially one based on a text of Scripture and delivered by a member of the clergy as part of a religious service. |
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| Employs a narrative technique whereby an introductory main story is composed, at least in part, for the purpose of setting the stage for a fictive narrative or organizing a set of shorter stories. |
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| Expressing or conveying truths or counsel as to right conduct, as a speaker or a literary work. |
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| To call forth or upon a spirit by incantation. |
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| To reverse in position, order, direction |
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| To charge, bind, or command earnestly and solemnly, often under oath or the threat of a penalty. |
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| Firmly resolved or determined; set in purpose or opinion. |
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| deliberately faithless; treacherous |
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