LessonsSix Semantic Functions of Form VIII (Iftiʿāl): Adoption, Exertion, Selection, Response, Equivalence, and Independent UsageQuiz

Takhayyur is the meaning of selecting or taking something for oneself. The book gives:
اِكْتَالَ الشَّعِيرَ
Translation: He measured out barley for himself.
Al-shaʿīr denotes barley. The measuring is viewed from the subject’s own interest or benefit, not merely as a neutral act of measuring. This is the source’s intended contrast with general adoption or the exertion described under iktasaba.

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Function 3: Choosing for Oneself

Six Semantic Functions of Form VIII (Iftiʿāl): Adoption, Exertion, Selection, Response, Equivalence, and Independent Usage

Takhayyur is the meaning of selecting or taking something for oneself. The book gives:
اِكْتَالَ الشَّعِيرَ
Translation: He measured out barley for himself.
Al-shaʿīr denotes barley. The measuring is viewed from the subject’s own interest or benefit, not merely as a neutral act of measuring. This is the source’s intended contrast with general adoption or the exertion described under iktasaba.