في عرض من يؤذيني
In the direction or category of one who harms me.
The Arabic idea of ʿarḍ suggests a side or direction. In taʿrīḍ, a statement overtly moves in one direction while its context leads the listener to a different person or situation. It differs from naming the target and explicitly praising or blaming them.
The key distinction lies in the direction of the utterance and its indirectly intended target, not simply in using obscure vocabulary.
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Taʿrīḍ, Talwīḥ, Ramz, Īmāʾ and Ishārah; the Rhetorical Force of Figurative Speech
في عرض من يؤذيني
In the direction or category of one who harms me.
The Arabic idea of ʿarḍ suggests a side or direction. In taʿrīḍ, a statement overtly moves in one direction while its context leads the listener to a different person or situation. It differs from naming the target and explicitly praising or blaming them.
The key distinction lies in the direction of the utterance and its indirectly intended target, not simply in using obscure vocabulary.