LessonsVerbal Embellishments: Resembling Endings, Jinas, Sajʿ, and Further DevicesQuiz

وَإِنَّهُ عَلَى ذَلِكَ لَشَهِيدٌ وَإِنَّهُ لِحُبِّ الْخَيْرِ لَشَدِيدٌ
Indeed, he bears witness to it, and he is intense in his love of wealth.

In lāhiq, the differing consonants have more distant articulatory positions. The remaining sounds are alike enough to maintain a verbal echo.

The words “shahīd” and “shadīd” share much of their form but substitute consonants from more distant articulations. The contrast with mudariʿ rests principally on phonetic articulation, not on whether the meanings are near or far.

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Lahiq: substitution of distant articulations

Verbal Embellishments: Resembling Endings, Jinas, Sajʿ, and Further Devices

وَإِنَّهُ عَلَى ذَلِكَ لَشَهِيدٌ وَإِنَّهُ لِحُبِّ الْخَيْرِ لَشَدِيدٌ
Indeed, he bears witness to it, and he is intense in his love of wealth.

In lāhiq, the differing consonants have more distant articulatory positions. The remaining sounds are alike enough to maintain a verbal echo.

The words “shahīd” and “shadīd” share much of their form but substitute consonants from more distant articulations. The contrast with mudariʿ rests principally on phonetic articulation, not on whether the meanings are near or far.