NameDistinctive actionIqtibāsInsert Qur’anic or Hadith wordingTaḍmīnInsert words from earlier poetryʿAqdTurn prose into verseḤallTurn verse into proseTalmīḥAllude to a story or poem
Begin by identifying the earlier source. Then ask whether wording has been inserted, the literary form transformed, or the earlier material merely evoked.
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Iqtibas, Tadmeen, Aqd, Hall, Talmih and the Art of Literary Openings and Endings
NameDistinctive actionIqtibāsInsert Qur’anic or Hadith wordingTaḍmīnInsert words from earlier poetryʿAqdTurn prose into verseḤallTurn verse into proseTalmīḥAllude to a story or poem
Begin by identifying the earlier source. Then ask whether wording has been inserted, the literary form transformed, or the earlier material merely evoked.