LessonsIṭnāb: Clarification after Ambiguity, Tawshīʿ, Repetition and ĪghālQuiz

«وَإِمَّا بِالإِيغَالِ»
Another form of expansion is īghāl.

«هُوَ خَتْمُ الْبَيْتِ بِمَا يُفِيدُ نُكْتَةً يَتِمُّ الْمَعْنَى بِدُونِهَا»
It is ending a poetic line with wording that contributes a rhetorical point although the basic sense is complete without it.

Such a closing does not simply lengthen the line. It overlays an already intelligible proposition with a new nuance. One must distinguish completion of the core statement from enhancement of its effect.

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Īghāl: an added nuance at a verse ending

Iṭnāb: Clarification after Ambiguity, Tawshīʿ, Repetition and Īghāl

«وَإِمَّا بِالإِيغَالِ»
Another form of expansion is īghāl.

«هُوَ خَتْمُ الْبَيْتِ بِمَا يُفِيدُ نُكْتَةً يَتِمُّ الْمَعْنَى بِدُونِهَا»
It is ending a poetic line with wording that contributes a rhetorical point although the basic sense is complete without it.

Such a closing does not simply lengthen the line. It overlays an already intelligible proposition with a new nuance. One must distinguish completion of the core statement from enhancement of its effect.