LessonsKhafi, Mushkal, Mujmal and Mutashabih: Degrees of ObscurityQuiz

وهذه الأربعة أربعة أخرى تقابلها.
These four have another four classes corresponding to them.

1. Khafi versus zahir: the ordinary sense is clear, but application to a particular case is hidden.
2. Mushkal versus nass: the wording itself calls for closer interpretive reflection.
3. Mujmal versus mufassar: the speaker's clarification is needed to settle the intended meaning.
4. Mutashabih versus muhkam: obscurity reaches its greatest degree.

The point is a graded increase in obscurity, not four interchangeable words for ambiguity.

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The four counterparts of clarity

Khafi, Mushkal, Mujmal and Mutashabih: Degrees of Obscurity

وهذه الأربعة أربعة أخرى تقابلها.
These four have another four classes corresponding to them.

1. Khafi versus zahir: the ordinary sense is clear, but application to a particular case is hidden.
2. Mushkal versus nass: the wording itself calls for closer interpretive reflection.
3. Mujmal versus mufassar: the speaker's clarification is needed to settle the intended meaning.
4. Mutashabih versus muhkam: obscurity reaches its greatest degree.

The point is a graded increase in obscurity, not four interchangeable words for ambiguity.