«حكمه: هو حجة نقلًا وعقلًا، وأنه مظهر للحكم لا مثبت»
Its authority is supported by transmitted evidence and reason; it discloses a ruling rather than independently establishing one.
Naqlan concerns support from revealed and transmitted sources; ‘aqlan refers to the intelligibility of relating cases through a common operative feature.
The expression “revealing, not independently creating” matters: the jurist does not legislate anew through analogy. Rather, an established ruling is shown to apply to a new case through its valid cause. Qiyas remains dependent on the prior legal evidence.