Divisions of Simile: Single/Composite, Enfolded/Separated, Taswiya/Jamʿ, Tamthīl and Explicitness

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• A cheek compared to a rose is what by structure of terms?
• What is the function of “on water” in “writing on water”?
• Which criterion identifies a composite term?
• In the sun-and-mirror example, how is the comparison term presented?
• What is central when battlefield dust and swords are compared to night and stars?
• Which term is composite in single-to-composite simile?
• Which correctly defines composite-to-single?
• Which sequence characterizes malfūf?
• What distinguishes a mafrūq arrangement?
• What kind of simile is the side-lock and my condition both like nights?
• If Zayd is like both a lion and a mountain in separate respects, what is it?
• What fundamentally identifies tamthīl?
• What is central to the donkey-carrying-books comparison?
• “Zayd is brave like a lion” is which type by explicitness of the common respect?
• If “Zayd is like a lion” omits courage, what is it by expression of the common respect?
• Which statement about mujmal is correct?
• What is the subtle likeness in the seamless-ring example?
• What question separates mufaṣṣal and mujmal?
• “Zayd is like a lion” may belong to which two divisions simultaneously?
• What caution applies when sweetness of speech is compared with honey?
• Why does having many nouns not automatically establish tamthīl?
• Which clearly uses multiple subjects and one shared comparison term?
• If ordering changes but the pairings remain, what classification should be reconsidered?
• Whether terms are single or composite primarily describes what?
• What must be counted to distinguish taswiya from jamʿ?
• Why does a long qualified term not automatically become composite?
• What is the nature of the disagreement associated with al-Sakkākī about tamthīl?
• If the listener readily infers courage but it is not named, what is correct?
• Which arrangement is illustrated by “the fragrance is musk and faces are dinars”?
• Single/composite and sensory/intellectual are distinct bases of division.
• Malfūf always contains exactly one subject and one comparison term.
• Tamthīl need not involve only two sensory objects.
• If a simile is mujmal, no listener can ever infer its common respect.
• One simile may be single–single, non-representational, and condensed.