Ilm al-Bayan and Simile: Definition, Elements, Terms and Particles
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- Which three subjects form the stated scope of bayan?
- Which distinction between maʿani and bayan is appropriate?
- What link is required for a simile?
- Which is the mushabbah bihi in “knowledge is like light in guidance”?
- What is the wajh al-shabah in the paper/silk example?
- What is the collective term for the first two elements of simile?
- What is the role of kāf in “al-waraq ka-l-harir”?
- What important change can follow from reversing the terms?
- On what basis are terms classified as sensory?
- In this lesson, how is “ignorance is like death” treated?
- How are the terms of “his character is like perfume” classified?
- What distinguishes sensory/intellectual from actual/imagined?
- Which is the best definition of wajh al-shabah?
- Which interpretation of “knowledge is like light” is most precise?
- What does an imagined ground of resemblance mean?
- What is a grammatical feature of kaʾanna?
- What can “kaʾannaka fahimun” mean in context?
- What is the rhetorical role of “hasibtahum” in the Qurʾanic example?
- What does “scattered pearls” portray?
- Which two elements are usually omitted in tashbih baligh?
- What resemblance is intended in “We made the night a covering”?
- How is the ground recovered when “paper is like silk” leaves it unstated?
- Which list accurately gives the four elements of a stated simile?
- Why can a superficial assertion of similarity be inadequate?
- In “knowledge is like light in guidance,” knowledge is the mushabbah.
- Sensory versus intellectual depends only on whether kāf appears.
- The ground of resemblance may be unstated and recovered from context.
- A simile requires the two terms to be identical in every feature.
- Kaʾanna can in context indicate supposition or impression.
- “We made the night a covering” explicitly names the comparison particle and ground.