LessonsSupplementary Applied Practice — Maʿānī, Bayān and BadīʿQuiz

Mubālaghah intensifies a quality; classical discussions distinguish tablīgh, ighrāq and ghuluww. Ḥusn al-taʿlīl presents an imaginative, aesthetically apt cause, not necessarily a literal causal explanation.

Iḥtirās adds a qualification to prevent a likely unintended implication. The first device concerns imaginative causation; the second guards the reader from misunderstanding an earlier assertion.

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Hyperbole, imaginative causation and precaution

Supplementary Applied Practice — Maʿānī, Bayān and Badīʿ

Mubālaghah intensifies a quality; classical discussions distinguish tablīgh, ighrāq and ghuluww. Ḥusn al-taʿlīl presents an imaginative, aesthetically apt cause, not necessarily a literal causal explanation.

Iḥtirās adds a qualification to prevent a likely unintended implication. The first device concerns imaginative causation; the second guards the reader from misunderstanding an earlier assertion.