«والموجهات خمسة عشر: ثمانية منها بسيطة، وسبعة منها مركبة»
There are fifteen modalities: eight are simple and seven are compound.
A simple modality states a fundamental mode of judgment within this classification. A compound modality joins modal qualifications in an affirmative or negative construction.
This lesson takes the eight simple forms: unrestricted necessary, unrestricted permanent, generally conditional, generally customary, time-specific, time-indefinite, generally absolute and generally possible. The seven compound forms belong to the subsequent discussion.