Majaz mursal transfers the reference of a word through a relation other than similarity. Its eight chief relations are cause/effect, part/whole, former/future state, and container/contained, each with two directions.
Majaz murakkab concerns the redirected function of an entire utterance. When a whole situation is applied to another through resemblance, representative metaphor (istiara tamthiliyya) becomes relevant.
Majaz aqli concerns to whom an act or predicate is attributed, rather than only the reference of an individual word.
The next discussion, kinaya, examines an intended implicative meaning in an expression where the literal reading remains possible in a way that differs from ordinary majaz.