LessonsAcceptable Hyperbole: Tablīgh, Ighrāq, Ghulūw and Effective ImageryQuiz

“Wa-nukrimu jāranā mā dāma fīnā”
We honour our neighbour as long as he stays among us.

The generosity is then portrayed as following the neighbour wherever he goes.

The second line generalizes generosity so completely that kindness is imagined following the neighbour even after his departure. Such conduct is conceivable, but its unrestricted continuation lies beyond ordinary social practice.

The case is therefore ighrāq rather than ghulūw. The increase from the first line to the second makes the intensification clear.

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Ighrāq in the praise of a neighbour

Acceptable Hyperbole: Tablīgh, Ighrāq, Ghulūw and Effective Imagery

“Wa-nukrimu jāranā mā dāma fīnā”
We honour our neighbour as long as he stays among us.

The generosity is then portrayed as following the neighbour wherever he goes.

The second line generalizes generosity so completely that kindness is imagined following the neighbour even after his departure. Such conduct is conceivable, but its unrestricted continuation lies beyond ordinary social practice.

The case is therefore ighrāq rather than ghulūw. The increase from the first line to the second makes the intensification clear.