Muḥkam, Mutashābih, Kināyah, Taʿrīḍ and Figurative Attribution

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• Which criterion best identifies muḥkam language?
• Why give weight to the understanding of the earliest Arabic audience?
• A word has two dictionary senses but the context clearly selects one. What follows?
• What makes an alternative in mutashābih interpretation worth considering?
• After two persons are mentioned, “He was angry with him” raises which interpretive issue?
• What sort of ambiguity is exemplified by “aw lāmastumu al-nisāʾ”?
• What must be examined regarding “arjulakum” in al-Māʾidah 5:6?
• What is the main grammatical question concerning “wa-l-rāsikhūn fī al-ʿilm” in 3:7?
• Which example primarily raises lexical range rather than coordination?
• If two grammatical readings appear possible, what is the sound next step?
• What is the characteristic semantic move in kināyah?
• What does the context of “bal yadāhu mabsūṭatān” emphasize?
• Which is the best illustration of a customary implication in kināyah?
• Why is it wrong to force a figurative reading in every context?
• What does the cavalry-and-infantry imagery in 17:64 convey?
• Within its context, what is conveyed by the barriers in Yā Sīn 36:9?
• How should “wa-ḍmum ilayka janāḥaka mina al-rahb” be understood?
• What principally distinguishes taʿrīḍ?
• What is the sound lesson from the background of al-Aḥzāb 33:36?
• Who is alluded to in the traditional background of al-Nūr 24:22?
• How do the main evidentiary questions differ between kināyah and taʿrīḍ?
• Why can “banā al-amīru al-qaṣra” be majāz ʿaqlī?
• What relation licenses “spring brought forth vegetation”?
• What question best distinguishes majāz ʿaqlī from kināyah?
• A statement is linguistically clear but addresses a specific historical case indirectly. Which analysis fits?
• A verse can be muḥkam in wording while its applications still require inquiry.
• The dispute over “wa-l-rāsikhūn fī al-ʿilm” arises chiefly from two dictionary senses of “knowledge.”
• The kināyah in “bal yadāhu mabsūṭatān” conveys abundant generosity.
• A general verse with taʿrīḍ necessarily applies only to the person alluded to.
• “Spring brought forth the grass” attributes growth by association with the season.