Mujmal leaves the ground unstated, even though context allows the reader to infer it.
«النحو في الكلام كالملح في الطعام»
Grammar in speech is like salt in food.
The comparison does not explicitly say “in soundness” or “in proper balance.” The reader infers how each contributes to the quality and suitability of its respective whole.
Mujmal does not mean that the comparison lacks a ground; it means that the ground is not overtly named.
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Classifications of Tashbih: Terms, Multiplicity, Ground and Particle
Mujmal leaves the ground unstated, even though context allows the reader to infer it.
«النحو في الكلام كالملح في الطعام»
Grammar in speech is like salt in food.
The comparison does not explicitly say “in soundness” or “in proper balance.” The reader infers how each contributes to the quality and suitability of its respective whole.
Mujmal does not mean that the comparison lacks a ground; it means that the ground is not overtly named.