LessonsClassifications of Tashbih: Terms, Multiplicity, Ground and ParticleQuiz

«الوجه كالقمر في الإشراق»
The face is like the moon in brightness.

Terms: simple–simple.
Ground: brightness, explicitly stated, so mufassal.
Particle: kāf is present, so mursal.
Tamthil: no; an individual property supplies the resemblance.

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Classifications of Tashbih: Terms, Multiplicity, Ground and Particle

«الوجه كالقمر في الإشراق»
The face is like the moon in brightness.

Terms: simple–simple.
Ground: brightness, explicitly stated, so mufassal.
Particle: kāf is present, so mursal.
Tamthil: no; an individual property supplies the resemblance.

A single simile can carry labels from different classificatory dimensions. These labels are compatible rather than mutually exclusive.