Begin with the actual wording and its ordinary grammatical construction. Next ask whether competing readings are supported by language or are merely imagined. For kināyah or imagery, explain the relation between picture and meaning. For taʿrīḍ, identify the specific historical allusion from reliable context. For majāz ʿaqlī, distinguish the grammatical agent from the direct performer and explain their relation.
A practical sequence is:
1. Establish the precise wording and its syntax.
2. Start from the recognized Arabic usage of the original audience.
3. Read the expression with its adjacent discourse and relevant occasion.
4. Assert only what these indications adequately support.
This approach avoids manufacturing ambiguity in clear statements, flattening vivid imagery into isolated literal fragments, and overlooking the relation between general guidance and its particular occasion.