«صِبْغَةَ اللَّهِ»
“The coloring of God,” meaning an identity or religious character bestowed by God.
Ṣibghah belongs to the vocabulary of dyeing and coloring. The expression becomes rhetorically meaningful through an associated background of coloring, with a distinct intended religious significance.
In this form of mushākalah the companion expression may be understood from an implied or contextual setting, rather than explicitly repeated in the same sentence.
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ʿIlm al-Badīʿ: Semantic Embellishments, Part I
«صِبْغَةَ اللَّهِ»
“The coloring of God,” meaning an identity or religious character bestowed by God.
Ṣibghah belongs to the vocabulary of dyeing and coloring. The expression becomes rhetorically meaningful through an associated background of coloring, with a distinct intended religious significance.
In this form of mushākalah the companion expression may be understood from an implied or contextual setting, rather than explicitly repeated in the same sentence.