«وَالْإِيجَازُ ضَرْبَانِ: إِيجَازُ الْقَصْرِ وَهُوَ مَا لَيْسَ بِحَذْفٍ»
Concision has two forms. The first is compact expression without omission; the other involves omission.
TypeDistinguishing featureAnalytical question
Ījāz al-qaṣrBroad meaning conveyed by a short but intact expressionHow does the wording achieve such breadth?
Ījāz al-ḥadhfAn element is omitted and supplied by contextWhat clue recovers it?
Confusing the two can obscure the distinctive achievement of an example.