LessonsClassification of Simile by Its Two Terms: Sensory, Intellectual, Imagined, and SupposedQuiz

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Fragrance and noble character.

Fragrance is perceived by smell, while noble character is evaluated through moral and intellectual understanding, not smelled as a physical substance. Thus comparing fragrance to virtue puts a sensory mushabbah alongside an intellectual mushabbah bih.

This direction is comparatively subtle: speakers often make an abstract meaning clearer by giving it a sensory model. The difference between intellectual-to-sensory and sensory-to-intellectual is therefore significant.

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Fragrance and noble character: sensory to intellectual

Classification of Simile by Its Two Terms: Sensory, Intellectual, Imagined, and Supposed

العطر وخلق كريم
Fragrance and noble character.

Fragrance is perceived by smell, while noble character is evaluated through moral and intellectual understanding, not smelled as a physical substance. Thus comparing fragrance to virtue puts a sensory mushabbah alongside an intellectual mushabbah bih.

This direction is comparatively subtle: speakers often make an abstract meaning clearer by giving it a sensory model. The difference between intellectual-to-sensory and sensory-to-intellectual is therefore significant.