In dalālah, knowing one thing leads to knowing another. The first is the dāll (indicator), and the second is the madlūl (what is indicated). Waḍʿ assigns an expression or sign to a meaning, described through mawḍūʿ and mawḍūʿ lahu.
First classify the indicator as verbal or nonverbal. Then classify the basis as conventional, natural, or rational. This yields six kinds.
The next lesson examines verbal-conventional indication more closely: how a word can indicate its whole meaning, part of it, or something implied by it.
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Dalālah, Waḍʿ and the Six Types of Indication
In dalālah, knowing one thing leads to knowing another. The first is the dāll (indicator), and the second is the madlūl (what is indicated). Waḍʿ assigns an expression or sign to a meaning, described through mawḍūʿ and mawḍūʿ lahu.
First classify the indicator as verbal or nonverbal. Then classify the basis as conventional, natural, or rational. This yields six kinds.
The next lesson examines verbal-conventional indication more closely: how a word can indicate its whole meaning, part of it, or something implied by it.