Ījāz, Iṭnāb and Musāwāt: Standards of Expression and Their Distinctions
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- What do ījāz, iṭnāb and musāwāt primarily compare?
- What does relativity mean in al-Sakkākī’s opening account?
- Why use the customary expression of competent speakers as a standard?
- Who are the “awsaṭ” in this discussion?
- What difficulty is raised by the statement about leaving exact determination aside?
- Under al-Sakkākī’s comparative formula, when is an expression concise?
- Relative to what is iṭnāb measured in al-Sakkākī’s wording?
- What is a principal limitation of the conventional norm?
- How should a short expression be judged if it loses an essential part of the message?
- Why can “rabbi innī wahana al-ʿaẓmu minnī” be rhetorically effective despite its length?
- What is the core objection introduced by “wa-fīhi naẓar” on relativity?
- What distinction do fatherhood and brotherhood illustrate?
- In the “radd al-jahāla” defense, what is the immediate task of a definition?
- What further objection affects customary wording as a standard?
- What important condition remains even with a refined “customary expression” account?
- Which category is indicated by “bi-lafẓin musāwin lahu”?
- Which phrase most precisely captures ījāz in the preferred definition?
- When can “Zaydun” alone answer “Who arrived?” with concision?
- Why is “li-fāʾidah” essential to the definition of iṭnāb?
- When does “al-amīn” add rhetorical value in “jāʾa al-rasūlu al-amīnu”?
- What is the defining defect of ḥashw?
- How does damaging ḥashw differ from non-damaging ḥashw?
- What is the problem in “I honored all the students—meaning some of them”?
- Which juxtaposition raises the semantic criticism in “wa-l-ʿayshu khayrun fī ẓilāli al-nawk…”?
- When is another word repeating “qaddadtu al-adīm” merely padding?
- When can “wa-lā faḍla fīhā” be more than idle surplus?
- What is disputed about “qablahu” in “wa-aʿlamu ʿilma al-yawmi wa-l-amsi qablahu”?
- When is “I saw it with my own eyes” useful iṭnāb?
- Which condition identifies musāwāt?
- Before calling an additional word padding, what should be tested?