Using an expression to imply a meaning without stating it directly. 2. Ilm al-Ma’ani (The Science of Meanings)
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Unlike older, denser texts (like those of Al-Jurjani), this book uses modern language to explain classical concepts. finding a specific chapter explanation of a particular rhetorical device from the text?
In the narrow, book-lined office of Professor Yusuf, a retired teacher of Arabic literature, dust danced in the slants of afternoon light. For forty years, he had taught Balagha al-Wadiha —"The Clear Eloquence"—to generations of students. Its green paperback cover, now tattered and held together by tape, sat on his desk like an old friend.
Reluctantly, Yusuf peered at the PDF. The scan was old—slightly crooked, with faded margins—but there it was: the first chapter on al-tashbīh (simile). "Knowledge is like a lamp," the text read. Leen scrolled, zoomed in, and highlighted a sentence.