What is the primary difference between takhalluṣ and intihāʾ?
Final Chapter: Excellence of Opening, Barāʿat al-Istihlāl, Transition and Conclusion
- Takhalluṣ belongs only to prose and endings only to poetry
- They are two names for one device
- A prelude is mandatory in endings and forbidden in transitions
- Takhalluṣ moves forward to a purpose; intihāʾ completes the discourse