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

ومسنونة زرق كأنياب أغوال
And sharp, bluish points like the teeth of ghouls.

The ghouls (aghwāl) belong to frightening imaginative lore; their teeth are not established as externally observed things. Nonetheless, the mind grasps the sensible form of teeth and attributes them to the imagined creature.

This is called wahmī: a form is supposed that, if it existed externally, could be sensed. The comparison does not establish the creature’s existence; it conveys sharpness and terror through a hypothetical image.

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Imagination through supposition: the teeth of ghouls

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

ومسنونة زرق كأنياب أغوال
And sharp, bluish points like the teeth of ghouls.

The ghouls (aghwāl) belong to frightening imaginative lore; their teeth are not established as externally observed things. Nonetheless, the mind grasps the sensible form of teeth and attributes them to the imagined creature.

This is called wahmī: a form is supposed that, if it existed externally, could be sensed. The comparison does not establish the creature’s existence; it conveys sharpness and terror through a hypothetical image.