LessonsʿIlm al-Badīʿ: Verbal Embellishments — Paronomasia, Rhymed Prose and Related FiguresQuiz

«وَهُوَ تَشَابُهُهُمَا فِي اللَّفْظِ، وَالتَّامُّ مِنْهُ: أَنْ يَتَّفِقَا فِي أَنْوَاعِ الْحُرُوفِ، وَفِي أَعْدَادِهَا، وَفِي هَيْئَاتِهَا، وَفِي تَرْتِيبِهَا»
“Jinās is resemblance in expression; its complete form agrees in kinds, number, vocalic forms and order of letters.”

Its four tests are:
1. The same letters.
2. The same number of letters.
3. The same vocalization or letter states.
4. The same sequence of letters.

All four must agree. Yet the intended senses must differ: a mere repetition of the same word with the same meaning is not the rhetorical point of the figure.

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Complete jinās: four dimensions of agreement

ʿIlm al-Badīʿ: Verbal Embellishments — Paronomasia, Rhymed Prose and Related Figures

«وَهُوَ تَشَابُهُهُمَا فِي اللَّفْظِ، وَالتَّامُّ مِنْهُ: أَنْ يَتَّفِقَا فِي أَنْوَاعِ الْحُرُوفِ، وَفِي أَعْدَادِهَا، وَفِي هَيْئَاتِهَا، وَفِي تَرْتِيبِهَا»
“Jinās is resemblance in expression; its complete form agrees in kinds, number, vocalic forms and order of letters.”

Its four tests are:
1. The same letters.
2. The same number of letters.
3. The same vocalization or letter states.
4. The same sequence of letters.

All four must agree. Yet the intended senses must differ: a mere repetition of the same word with the same meaning is not the rhetorical point of the figure.