Place the book’s three examples alongside one another:
Zayd — a specific individual.
Rajul — a determinate type (“man”).
Insan — a determinate genus (“human”).
Their ranges of application differ, but each has a known assigned signification. An explanation of khass limited to “one individual only” would fail to account for the source’s type and genus examples.
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The Book of Allah and the Particular Expression (Khass)
Place the book’s three examples alongside one another:
Zayd — a specific individual.
Rajul — a determinate type (“man”).
Insan — a determinate genus (“human”).
Their ranges of application differ, but each has a known assigned signification. An explanation of khass limited to “one individual only” would fail to account for the source’s type and genus examples.