في اصطلاح به التخاطب
Within the convention in which the discourse is taking place.
Before labeling an expression literal or figurative, determine the relevant convention: ordinary linguistic usage, a religious technical usage, or the terminology of another discipline. The same spoken form can carry an established sense in more than one domain.
Thus “ṣalāh” can signify supplication in general lexical usage and a specified act of worship in religious terminology. A definition that ignores the domain governing the conversation may misclassify an established technical sense.