LessonsMajāz Mursal and Istiʿārah: Non-similarity Relations and Their TypesQuiz

الرَّاوِيَةُ فِي الْمَزَادَةِ
Employing rāwiyah for the water-container or waterskin carried by an animal.

The term was used for the camel carrying a water-container and was then extended to the vessel itself. The carrier–carried relation supplies the link.

A camel and a water-container do not share the same essential form. Their connection is practical: one transports the other. This shows that a mursal relation need not be physical resemblance; a stable association of bearer and burden can also allow the listener to reach the intended referent.

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A carrier and its load: rāwiyah and mizādah

Majāz Mursal and Istiʿārah: Non-similarity Relations and Their Types

الرَّاوِيَةُ فِي الْمَزَادَةِ
Employing rāwiyah for the water-container or waterskin carried by an animal.

The term was used for the camel carrying a water-container and was then extended to the vessel itself. The carrier–carried relation supplies the link.

A camel and a water-container do not share the same essential form. Their connection is practical: one transports the other. This shows that a mursal relation need not be physical resemblance; a stable association of bearer and burden can also allow the listener to reach the intended referent.