LessonsIndications of Rational Metaphor and the Metaphor-by-Implication DebateQuiz

For each example, identify the predication, the relation, then the indication.

1. أَنْبَتَ الرَّبِيعُ الْبَقْلَ — growth is attributed to spring; the link is time and cause; the analysis depends on customary usage, belief and the role of the cause.
2. مَحَبَّتُكَ جَاءَتْ بِكَ إِلَيَّ — coming is attributed to affection; the link is motivation; affection's inability to act physically is an overt indication.
3. فَمَا رَبِحَتْ تِجَارَتُهُمْ — profit is attributed to trade; the link is commercial activity and its results; the contrast between trade and traders reveals the attribution.

Apply the same questions elsewhere: what was attributed, through which association, and on what evidence is the plain reading excluded?

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Indications of Rational Metaphor and the Metaphor-by-Implication Debate

For each example, identify the predication, the relation, then the indication.

1. أَنْبَتَ الرَّبِيعُ الْبَقْلَ — growth is attributed to spring; the link is time and cause; the analysis depends on customary usage, belief and the role of the cause.
2. مَحَبَّتُكَ جَاءَتْ بِكَ إِلَيَّ — coming is attributed to affection; the link is motivation; affection's inability to act physically is an overt indication.
3. فَمَا رَبِحَتْ تِجَارَتُهُمْ — profit is attributed to trade; the link is commercial activity and its results; the contrast between trade and traders reveals the attribution.

Apply the same questions elsewhere: what was attributed, through which association, and on what evidence is the plain reading excluded?