How do the sources of iqtibās and taḍmīn differ?
Comprehensive Review and Application: Bayān, Badīʿ and the Final Rhetorical Arts
- Iqtibās uses Qurʾān/hadith; taḍmīn another poet’s verse
- Both draw only on idioms
- Iqtibās uses one’s own verse; taḍmīn one’s own prose
- Both require reversible letter sequences