LessonsAcceptable Hyperbole: Tablīgh, Ighrāq, Ghulūw and Effective ImageryQuiz

For any new verse or prose passage, proceed in this order:

1. Identify the trait: speed, generosity, fear, brilliance, or another quality.
2. State the extraordinary degree asserted.
3. Ask whether the proposition is rationally possible.
4. If possible, ask whether it is also customarily possible.
5. If it is ghulūw, identify the qualification or imaginative construction that may support acceptance.

The first four questions establish classification. The fifth and the full context support evaluation of rhetorical merit. This prevents confusing what is unusual with what is impossible.

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A five-step analytical method

Acceptable Hyperbole: Tablīgh, Ighrāq, Ghulūw and Effective Imagery

For any new verse or prose passage, proceed in this order:

1. Identify the trait: speed, generosity, fear, brilliance, or another quality.
2. State the extraordinary degree asserted.
3. Ask whether the proposition is rationally possible.
4. If possible, ask whether it is also customarily possible.
5. If it is ghulūw, identify the qualification or imaginative construction that may support acceptance.

The first four questions establish classification. The fifth and the full context support evaluation of rhetorical merit. This prevents confusing what is unusual with what is impossible.