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

«وَمِنْهُ التَّشْرِيعُ: وَهُوَ بِنَاءُ الْبَيْتِ عَلَى قَافِيَتَيْنِ يَصِحُّ الْمَعْنَى عِنْدَ الْوُقُوفِ عَلَى كُلٍّ مِنْهُمَا»
“Tashrīʿ constructs a verse upon two rhyme points, each of which yields a valid sense when the recitation stops there.”

Two rhyming words alone are insufficient. There must be an earlier legitimate stopping place and a later one; the utterance must remain meaningful at both points.

Test: Read the line stopping at the first candidate, then at the second. Both versions should be syntactically and semantically viable.

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Tashrīʿ: a verse with two possible rhyme endings

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

«وَمِنْهُ التَّشْرِيعُ: وَهُوَ بِنَاءُ الْبَيْتِ عَلَى قَافِيَتَيْنِ يَصِحُّ الْمَعْنَى عِنْدَ الْوُقُوفِ عَلَى كُلٍّ مِنْهُمَا»
“Tashrīʿ constructs a verse upon two rhyme points, each of which yields a valid sense when the recitation stops there.”

Two rhyming words alone are insufficient. There must be an earlier legitimate stopping place and a later one; the utterance must remain meaningful at both points.

Test: Read the line stopping at the first candidate, then at the second. Both versions should be syntactically and semantically viable.