LessonsDefining Majāz and Kināyah: Excluding Clues and the Transition to SimileQuiz

بل هو اللازم مع جواز إرادة الملزوم
Rather, it is the concomitant, with the possibility of intending the antecedent as well.

This corrects a possible misunderstanding: the concomitant is the allusively intended meaning, while literal intention remains permitted. That permission is not a second compulsory piece of a composite meaning actually intended every time.

In “ṭawīl al-nijād” the allusive point is tallness. The long sword-strap may also be literally intended, but kināyah does not vanish if the speaker primarily wishes to communicate only tallness, provided the literal reading has not been ruled out.

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Kināyah is not literally a sum of two meanings

Defining Majāz and Kināyah: Excluding Clues and the Transition to Simile

بل هو اللازم مع جواز إرادة الملزوم
Rather, it is the concomitant, with the possibility of intending the antecedent as well.

This corrects a possible misunderstanding: the concomitant is the allusively intended meaning, while literal intention remains permitted. That permission is not a second compulsory piece of a composite meaning actually intended every time.

In “ṭawīl al-nijād” the allusive point is tallness. The long sword-strap may also be literally intended, but kināyah does not vanish if the speaker primarily wishes to communicate only tallness, provided the literal reading has not been ruled out.