LessonsDivisions of Simile: Single/Composite, Enfolded/Separated, Taswiya/Jamʿ, Tamthīl and ExplicitnessQuiz

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As in likening a cheek to a rose.

The subject is the cheek and the comparison term is the rose. Neither is restricted here by an additional circumstance integral to the comparison. Depending on context, the shared respect may be colour, delicacy, or freshness.

“Unrestricted” does not mean lacking any imaginable qualities. It means the expression does not attach a special condition or relation whose removal would change the simile. In this case, the cheek and the rose suffice as the two compared terms.

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Single to single with unrestricted terms

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

كتشبيه الخد بالورد
As in likening a cheek to a rose.

The subject is the cheek and the comparison term is the rose. Neither is restricted here by an additional circumstance integral to the comparison. Depending on context, the shared respect may be colour, delicacy, or freshness.

“Unrestricted” does not mean lacking any imaginable qualities. It means the expression does not attach a special condition or relation whose removal would change the simile. In this case, the cheek and the rose suffice as the two compared terms.