LessonsʿIlm al-Maʿānī: Predication, Emphasis, and Rational MetaphorQuiz

لا شك أن قصد المخبر بخبره إفادة المخاطب إما الحكم أو كونه عالما به
A speaker reports something either to inform the hearer of the judgment itself or to show that the speaker already knows that judgment.

The first purpose is fāʾidat al-khabar, the primary informational benefit. If the hearer does not know that Zayd succeeded, “نَجَحَ زَيْدٌ” supplies new information.

The value of this report lies in communicating a previously unknown predication, not in its length or ornament. This prepares the question of how much emphasis the audience actually needs.

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Fāʾidat al-khabar: supplying information

ʿIlm al-Maʿānī: Predication, Emphasis, and Rational Metaphor

لا شك أن قصد المخبر بخبره إفادة المخاطب إما الحكم أو كونه عالما به
A speaker reports something either to inform the hearer of the judgment itself or to show that the speaker already knows that judgment.

The first purpose is fāʾidat al-khabar, the primary informational benefit. If the hearer does not know that Zayd succeeded, “نَجَحَ زَيْدٌ” supplies new information.

The value of this report lies in communicating a previously unknown predication, not in its length or ornament. This prepares the question of how much emphasis the audience actually needs.