LessonsKinayah: Definition, Types and Rhetorical ModesQuiz

هِيَ لَفْظٌ أُرِيدَ بِهِ لَازِمُ مَعْنَاهُ مَعَ جَوَازِ إِرَادَةِ ذَلِكَ الْمَعْنَى
Kinayah is an expression whose associated or implied meaning is intended, while the original meaning remains a permissible interpretation.

Lazim al-ma‘na is the meaning reached from the expression through a recognized association, custom, or typical consequence. It need not be an exceptionless logical implication: a long sword-strap or plentiful ash can function conventionally as a sign of a person’s quality.

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The formal definition of kinayah

Kinayah: Definition, Types and Rhetorical Modes

هِيَ لَفْظٌ أُرِيدَ بِهِ لَازِمُ مَعْنَاهُ مَعَ جَوَازِ إِرَادَةِ ذَلِكَ الْمَعْنَى
Kinayah is an expression whose associated or implied meaning is intended, while the original meaning remains a permissible interpretation.

Lazim al-ma‘na is the meaning reached from the expression through a recognized association, custom, or typical consequence. It need not be an exceptionless logical implication: a long sword-strap or plentiful ash can function conventionally as a sign of a person’s quality.