RankDefining feature
Highest endInimitability and the highest neighboring ranks
Intermediate ranksVariation in aptness and acceptance
Lowest endMinimum threshold for remaining baligh
Below the thresholdFailure of required aptness or quality
There is no fixed numerical ladder of all intermediate degrees here. Different expressions may both qualify as baligh while differing in rhetorical precision, fittingness and overall effect.
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The Elevation of Discourse, Rhetorical Excellence and Degrees of Balagha
RankDefining feature
Highest endInimitability and the highest neighboring ranks
Intermediate ranksVariation in aptness and acceptance
Lowest endMinimum threshold for remaining baligh
Below the thresholdFailure of required aptness or quality
There is no fixed numerical ladder of all intermediate degrees here. Different expressions may both qualify as baligh while differing in rhetorical precision, fittingness and overall effect.