LessonsMental Implication and Degrees of Clarity in IndicationQuiz

The hypothetical assignments of “al-shams” can be compared directly. The classification changes with the relevant relation, not simply with the visible word or the referent.

Assigned whole senseMeaning indicatedRespect / mode
Solar body and rays togetherThe complete aggregateWhole — correspondence
Solar body and rays togetherRays aloneComponent — inclusion
Rays as a separate assignmentRaysWhole — correspondence

The indicated object is the same in the last two rows, but the assignment changes. The overlap between taḍammun and muṭābaqah is only apparent: we are not applying both classifications to one unchanged relation.

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Assignment, signified meaning, and relation

Mental Implication and Degrees of Clarity in Indication

The hypothetical assignments of “al-shams” can be compared directly. The classification changes with the relevant relation, not simply with the visible word or the referent.

Assigned whole senseMeaning indicatedRespect / mode
Solar body and rays togetherThe complete aggregateWhole — correspondence
Solar body and rays togetherRays aloneComponent — inclusion
Rays as a separate assignmentRaysWhole — correspondence

The indicated object is the same in the last two rows, but the assignment changes. The overlap between taḍammun and muṭābaqah is only apparent: we are not applying both classifications to one unchanged relation.