LessonsIntroduction to Bayān and the Foundational Modes of IndicationQuiz

فَالدَّلَالَةُ لَفْظِيَّةٌ، وَإِلَّا فَغَيْرُ لَفْظِيَّةٍ
Indication is verbal when the indicator is a word; otherwise, it is nonverbal.

Verbal indication: Understanding water from the spoken Arabic word “māʾ.”
Nonverbal indication: Understanding something from a gesture, an observed mark, or a visible sign rather than a spoken word.

This distinction concerns the nature of the indicator, not yet the reason that indication works. Conventional, rational, and natural relations classify the basis of the connection. Thus verbal versus nonverbal and conventional versus rational should not be treated as alternatives on the same level.

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Verbal and nonverbal indication

Introduction to Bayān and the Foundational Modes of Indication

فَالدَّلَالَةُ لَفْظِيَّةٌ، وَإِلَّا فَغَيْرُ لَفْظِيَّةٍ
Indication is verbal when the indicator is a word; otherwise, it is nonverbal.

Verbal indication: Understanding water from the spoken Arabic word “māʾ.”
Nonverbal indication: Understanding something from a gesture, an observed mark, or a visible sign rather than a spoken word.

This distinction concerns the nature of the indicator, not yet the reason that indication works. Conventional, rational, and natural relations classify the basis of the connection. Thus verbal versus nonverbal and conventional versus rational should not be treated as alternatives on the same level.