لِكُلِّ مَقَامٍ مَقَالٌ.
Every situation calls for an appropriate expression.
The short sentence communicates a broad principle: rhetorical merit requires fitting words to circumstance. There is no need to invent a missing syntactic element to explain its economy.
Ījāz al-qaṣr achieves breadth of meaning through concise wording without an assumed ellipsis. Brevity must still preserve a clear, complete intended sense.
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Practice 1: Supplementary Advanced Balāghah: Applied Context, Structure and Figures
لِكُلِّ مَقَامٍ مَقَالٌ.
Every situation calls for an appropriate expression.
The short sentence communicates a broad principle: rhetorical merit requires fitting words to circumstance. There is no need to invent a missing syntactic element to explain its economy.
Ījāz al-qaṣr achieves breadth of meaning through concise wording without an assumed ellipsis. Brevity must still preserve a clear, complete intended sense.