LessonsConclusion: Literary Borrowing, Iqtibas, Tadmeen, and the Final Arts of CompositionQuiz

«كَالْمُسْتَجِيرِ مِنَ الرَّمْضَاءِ بِالنَّارِ»
Like someone who flees the scorching ground only to seek shelter in fire.

The familiar expression illustrates escaping one hardship by falling into something worse. A brief reference to it in a later poem can summon the whole conventional image or its associated story.

Successful talmih requires more than recognizable words: the audience must know enough of the background to recover the intended implication.

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The “seeking refuge” allusion

Conclusion: Literary Borrowing, Iqtibas, Tadmeen, and the Final Arts of Composition

«كَالْمُسْتَجِيرِ مِنَ الرَّمْضَاءِ بِالنَّارِ»
Like someone who flees the scorching ground only to seek shelter in fire.

The familiar expression illustrates escaping one hardship by falling into something worse. A brief reference to it in a later poem can summon the whole conventional image or its associated story.

Successful talmih requires more than recognizable words: the audience must know enough of the background to recover the intended implication.