LessonsPractice 3: Advanced Rhetorical Diagnosis: Correcting Faulty Analyses and Evaluating Arabic ProseQuiz

وَفَى خَالِدٌ بِعَهْدِهِ؛ وَالْوَفَاءُ مِنْ شِيَمِ الْكِرَامِ.
Khalid kept his pledge; fidelity is among the virtues of noble people.

The first sentence reports a particular event; the second supports it with a more general principle. The later sentence is meaningful independently, which makes this a useful example of explanatory epilogue or tadhyīl.

Not every repetition is tadhyīl, and not every generality strengthens the preceding statement. A sound classification explains both the reinforcing relation and the movement toward a broader maxim.

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A general maxim after a specific case

Practice 3: Advanced Rhetorical Diagnosis: Correcting Faulty Analyses and Evaluating Arabic Prose

وَفَى خَالِدٌ بِعَهْدِهِ؛ وَالْوَفَاءُ مِنْ شِيَمِ الْكِرَامِ.
Khalid kept his pledge; fidelity is among the virtues of noble people.

The first sentence reports a particular event; the second supports it with a more general principle. The later sentence is meaningful independently, which makes this a useful example of explanatory epilogue or tadhyīl.

Not every repetition is tadhyīl, and not every generality strengthens the preceding statement. A sound classification explains both the reinforcing relation and the movement toward a broader maxim.