Why is the description “tatafāwat” appropriate?
Taʿrīḍ, Talwīḥ, Ramz, Īmāʾ and Ishārah; the Rhetorical Force of Figurative Speech
- These rhetorical features can overlap in the same utterance
- Each mode is reserved for one particular person
- They have no meaningful distinctions
- Every case excludes the literal meaning