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

Tasdir, also called radd al-ʿajz ʿala al-sadr, repeats or closely echoes a word across the beginning and the ending of a poetic line or textual unit.

Tashabuh al-atraf joins the end of one clause to the start of the next. Tasdir, by contrast, forms a verbal frame within the opening and closing positions of one unit.

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Tasdir: bringing a later word back to the opening

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

Tasdir, also called radd al-ʿajz ʿala al-sadr, repeats or closely echoes a word across the beginning and the ending of a poetic line or textual unit.

Tashabuh al-atraf joins the end of one clause to the start of the next. Tasdir, by contrast, forms a verbal frame within the opening and closing positions of one unit.