LessonsSpeaker Balagha, the Foundations of Discourse Eloquence and the Three ArtsQuiz

وكذا يجوز أن يكون لأحد ملكة يقتدر بها على التعبير عن المقصود بلفظ فصيح من غير مطابقة لمقتضى الحال
Similarly, someone may have a faculty for expressing an intended meaning in fasih words without making that expression correspond to the occasion.

The passage concerns a distinction between capacities, not merely between one successful and one unsuccessful sentence. Someone may speak fluently about any subject yet fail to choose the right degree of detail or tone for the listeners.

Thus training in correct, clear expression and training in appropriate rhetorical choice are connected but distinct educational objectives.

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A fasih speaker need not possess balāgha

Speaker Balagha, the Foundations of Discourse Eloquence and the Three Arts

وكذا يجوز أن يكون لأحد ملكة يقتدر بها على التعبير عن المقصود بلفظ فصيح من غير مطابقة لمقتضى الحال
Similarly, someone may have a faculty for expressing an intended meaning in fasih words without making that expression correspond to the occasion.

The passage concerns a distinction between capacities, not merely between one successful and one unsuccessful sentence. Someone may speak fluently about any subject yet fail to choose the right degree of detail or tone for the listeners.

Thus training in correct, clear expression and training in appropriate rhetorical choice are connected but distinct educational objectives.