LessonsIntroduction to Faṣāḥah, Balāghah and the Three DisciplinesQuiz

التعقيد: أن لا يكون الكلام ظاهر الدلالة على المراد.
Taʿqīd (تعقيد) means that an utterance does not plainly convey the intended meaning.

The listener must untangle avoidable difficulty before reaching the speaker's meaning. Intellectual depth alone is not taʿqīd: a profound idea can still be expressed clearly.

The introduction distinguishes verbal obscurity (Taʿqīd Lafẓī), due to disordered wording or construction, from semantic obscurity (Taʿqīd Maʿnawī), due to an unclear transition to the intended sense.

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Obscurity in expression

Introduction to Faṣāḥah, Balāghah and the Three Disciplines

التعقيد: أن لا يكون الكلام ظاهر الدلالة على المراد.
Taʿqīd (تعقيد) means that an utterance does not plainly convey the intended meaning.

The listener must untangle avoidable difficulty before reaching the speaker's meaning. Intellectual depth alone is not taʿqīd: a profound idea can still be expressed clearly.

The introduction distinguishes verbal obscurity (Taʿqīd Lafẓī), due to disordered wording or construction, from semantic obscurity (Taʿqīd Maʿnawī), due to an unclear transition to the intended sense.