LessonsAcceptable Hyperbole: Tablīgh, Ighrāq, Ghulūw and Effective ImageryQuiz

Do not classify the following claims by counting words such as “very” and “extremely.” Instead examine what is asserted.

Tablīgh: A horse catches two prey in rapid succession; unusually impressive but possible.
Ighrāq: A generous man continues to honour a neighbour wherever that person travels; conceivable but beyond ordinary custom.
Ghulūw: A person inspires fear in embryos not yet created; the conditions for actual fear are absent.

The first two are generally acceptable categories; the third requires an independent judgment of rhetorical fittingness.

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Worked comparison of the three categories

Acceptable Hyperbole: Tablīgh, Ighrāq, Ghulūw and Effective Imagery

Do not classify the following claims by counting words such as “very” and “extremely.” Instead examine what is asserted.

Tablīgh: A horse catches two prey in rapid succession; unusually impressive but possible.
Ighrāq: A generous man continues to honour a neighbour wherever that person travels; conceivable but beyond ordinary custom.
Ghulūw: A person inspires fear in embryos not yet created; the conditions for actual fear are absent.

The first two are generally acceptable categories; the third requires an independent judgment of rhetorical fittingness.