LessonsTawjīh, Serious Intent in Jest, Feigned Ignorance, Qawl bi-l-Mūjib and IṭrādQuiz

Tawriya ordinarily uses a word with a nearer and a more remote meaning: the nearer presents itself, while the remote is intended. Tawjīh centers on two opposed possible outcomes of one utterance, whether or not one is nearer than the other.

CriterionTawjīhTawriyaPrimary contrastOpposed readingsNear and remote sensesWhere it occursA word or full judgmentUsually a multivalent wordRhetorical aimPraise versus blame, etc.Remote intention under a near apparent meaning

The example of the two eyes is best analyzed through its two competing outcomes, not merely through lexical proximity.

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Tawjīh versus tawriya

Tawjīh, Serious Intent in Jest, Feigned Ignorance, Qawl bi-l-Mūjib and Iṭrād

Tawriya ordinarily uses a word with a nearer and a more remote meaning: the nearer presents itself, while the remote is intended. Tawjīh centers on two opposed possible outcomes of one utterance, whether or not one is nearer than the other.

CriterionTawjīhTawriyaPrimary contrastOpposed readingsNear and remote sensesWhere it occursA word or full judgmentUsually a multivalent wordRhetorical aimPraise versus blame, etc.Remote intention under a near apparent meaning

The example of the two eyes is best analyzed through its two competing outcomes, not merely through lexical proximity.