«وَمِنْهُ الْمُبَالَغَةُ: أَنْ يُدَّعَى لِوَصْفٍ بُلُوغُهُ فِي الشِّدَّةِ أَوِ الضَّعْفِ حَدًّا مُسْتَحِيلًا أَوْ مُسْتَبْعَدًا»
“Mubālaghah presents a quality as reaching a degree of intensity or weakness that is impossible or far-fetched.”
Not every strong adjective is this technical form of exaggeration. The claim must reach a marked limit beyond ordinary presentation.
The three key tests are logical possibility, customary or practical probability, and the rhetorical purpose of the claim.
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ʿIlm al-Badīʿ: Semantic Embellishments, Part II
«وَمِنْهُ الْمُبَالَغَةُ: أَنْ يُدَّعَى لِوَصْفٍ بُلُوغُهُ فِي الشِّدَّةِ أَوِ الضَّعْفِ حَدًّا مُسْتَحِيلًا أَوْ مُسْتَبْعَدًا»
“Mubālaghah presents a quality as reaching a degree of intensity or weakness that is impossible or far-fetched.”
Not every strong adjective is this technical form of exaggeration. The claim must reach a marked limit beyond ordinary presentation.
The three key tests are logical possibility, customary or practical probability, and the rhetorical purpose of the claim.