LessonsRadd al-ʿAjz ʿalā al-Ṣadr: Repetition, Paronomasia and Derivation in Prose and PoetryQuiz

«قَالَ إِنِّي لِعَمَلِكُمْ مِنَ الْقَالِينَ»
He said: I am indeed among those who detest your deed.

Qāla relates to speaking, while al-qālīn refers to those who detest. They resemble each other in sound but do not form a straightforward shared-root derivation in the intended senses.

This is shibh al-ishtiqāq—quasi-derivation—rather than true derivation.

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Quasi-derivation: qāla and al-qālīn

Radd al-ʿAjz ʿalā al-Ṣadr: Repetition, Paronomasia and Derivation in Prose and Poetry

«قَالَ إِنِّي لِعَمَلِكُمْ مِنَ الْقَالِينَ»
He said: I am indeed among those who detest your deed.

Qāla relates to speaking, while al-qālīn refers to those who detest. They resemble each other in sound but do not form a straightforward shared-root derivation in the intended senses.

This is shibh al-ishtiqāq—quasi-derivation—rather than true derivation.