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

Begin by identifying mushabbah and mushabbah bih, then ask how each is apprehended: by external sense, intellect, supposed image, or inward experience.

Cheek–rose: both visually sensory.
Faint voice–whisper: both auditorily sensory.
Knowledge–life: both intellectual in this discussion.
Death–predator: intellectual to sensory.
Fragrance–noble character: sensory to intellectual.
Sharp blue points–ghouls’ teeth: the second is a wahmī image.

A shared feature such as colour, softness, force, effect, or fear may be identified separately; it should not be confused with the kind of thing forming either compared term.

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

Begin by identifying mushabbah and mushabbah bih, then ask how each is apprehended: by external sense, intellect, supposed image, or inward experience.

Cheek–rose: both visually sensory.
Faint voice–whisper: both auditorily sensory.
Knowledge–life: both intellectual in this discussion.
Death–predator: intellectual to sensory.
Fragrance–noble character: sensory to intellectual.
Sharp blue points–ghouls’ teeth: the second is a wahmī image.

A shared feature such as colour, softness, force, effect, or fear may be identified separately; it should not be confused with the kind of thing forming either compared term.