Comparing four interpretive modes

Kinayah: Definition, Types and Rhetorical Modes

ModeBasisExample
TalwihMany stepsكَثِيرُ الرَّمَادِ
RamzFew but subtle stepsهُوَ سَمِينٌ رَخْوٌ
Ima / isharahClear indicationالمجد ألقى رحله في آل طلحة
Ta‘ridContextual indirect targetخَيْرُ النَّاسِ مَنْ يَنْفَعُهُمْ

This chart concerns how the implication is reached; the earlier three categories—attribute, attribution and referent—classify what is implied.