Kinayah: Definition, Types and Rhetorical Modes

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• What condition differentiates kinayah from majaz?
• What is lazim al-ma‘na in kinayah?
• What is chiefly implied by tawil al-nijad?
• What is the implication of rafi‘ al-‘imad?
• What is primarily implied by kathir al-ramad?
• Why is kathir al-ramad both an attribute-kinayah and talwih?
• What is indirectly conveyed in kinayah of attribution?
• Which type is al-majd bayna thawbayhi?
• Who is indirectly said to possess generosity in al-karam tahta rida’ihi?
• What referent is meant by majami‘ al-adghan?
• Why is majami‘ al-adghan kinayah for the referent?
• What governs the three primary kinds of kinayah?
• What distinguishes talwih?
• What characterizes the links in ramz?
• Why is huwa samin rakhw used to illustrate ramz?
• What is distinctive about ima and isharah?
• What does glory settling with Al Talhah imply?
• What chiefly reveals the indirect purpose in ta‘rid?
• Addressing a harmful person with “The best people benefit others” is what?
• If the same maxim is uttered at a charity event, what follows?
• Does literal possibility mean both senses must always be simultaneously established?
• What distinguishes a speaking lion from tawil al-nijad?
• Which analysis best identifies kinayah of an attribute?
• What should be determined first when analyzing kinayah?
• In kinayah the implied meaning may be intended while the original meaning remains possible.
• Al-majd bayna thawbayhi indirectly attributes glory to the wearer.
• Majami‘ al-adghan signifies generosity and thus kinayah of an attribute.
• Kinayah with numerous intermediaries is called talwih.
• Ramz and ima/isharah do not differ in clarity of inference.
• In every setting, “The best people benefit others” must rebuke someone specifically.