CaseDiagnostic
Purposeful qalbNormal relation recoverable, inversion meaningful, contextual clue present
Unmotivated reversalNo reliable clue and no intelligible rhetorical purpose
Ordinary rearrangementPermitted word order variation without reversing the intended relation
Moving a phrase forward or backward is not itself qalb if the semantic relation stays unchanged. Nor does an unintelligible reversal gain literary value merely through unusual arrangement.
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Iltifāt and Related Departures from Expected Expression
CaseDiagnostic
Purposeful qalbNormal relation recoverable, inversion meaningful, contextual clue present
Unmotivated reversalNo reliable clue and no intelligible rhetorical purpose
Ordinary rearrangementPermitted word order variation without reversing the intended relation
Moving a phrase forward or backward is not itself qalb if the semantic relation stays unchanged. Nor does an unintelligible reversal gain literary value merely through unusual arrangement.