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"definition": "From the sources\nRhetorical Branching (al-tafrīʿ) is an Arabic rhetorical device where the communicator begins by describing something — with a noun, an adjective, or a negated name — and then branches to a second thing, describing it by qualities analogous, similar, superior, inferior, or contrasting to what was first described, such that a relation between the two is implied.[1] Al-Qazwīnī (1993) defines it as establishing a ruling on one matter and then confirming a connected ruling on another matter derived from it.[1] Al-Hāshimī (2019) gives the same core formulation: a ruling is established concerning one related matter after having been established concerning another.[2] Hatim (2010) offers a modern pragmatic formulation, describing al-tafrīʿ as deriving the validity of one proposition from another in a way that licenses a digressive description serving the communicator's persuasive purpose.[3] The name al-tafrīʿ is derived from the verb faraʿa, meaning to branch or to differentiate.[1]",
"linguisticOperation": "From the sources\nThe communicator begins with a base description (al-aṣl): either a noun, an adjective, or — in one subtype — a negated name applied to themselves or the subject being described.[1]\nFrom this base, the communicator branches to a second subject, describing it by qualities analogous, similar, superior, or contrasting to the base.[1]\nThe branching creates an implied rhetorical relation between the two subjects.[1]\nIn Hatim's (2010) formulation, the second proposition derives its validity from the first, so that the initial proposition functions as the argumentative basis for the rhetorical development that follows.[3]",
"recognition": "From the sources\nRhetorical Branching al-tafrīʿ may be present when:\n\nA text introduces a primary subject with one or more descriptive terms, then moves to a second subject whose description is framed in terms of similarity, contrast, or gradation relative to the first.[1]\nA speaker begins with a negated name applied via mā, then derives praise, satire, boasting, or genealogy from it.[1]\nA ruling or proposition about one matter is followed by a second connected ruling derived from the first.[1][2][3]",
"diagnosticCommunicativeEnhancements": "From the sources\nRhetorical Branching intensifies and reinforces (tawkīd) the description of the primary subject by multiplying associated attributes.[1]\nIn Hatim's (2010) pragmatic account, the branching can justify a digression into a description designed to steer the addressee toward a particular interpretation or position favourable to the communicator.[3]\n\nApplying the Recognition Framework\nThe information on this page can be used to evaluate whether this device is present in a candidate lexical item using the Specific Device Recognition part of the Universal Framework for Identifying Arabic Rhetorical Devices:\n\nUse the Definition, Mechanism, and Recognition sections of this page in Step 1.\nApply the substitution test in Step 2.\nConsider contextual indicators in Step 3.\nUse the Diagnostic Communicative Enhancements section of this page in Step 4.",
"examples": "Source Example🔗\nأُقَلِّبُ فِيـهِ أَجْفَـانِـي كَـأَنِّـي ...I turn my eyelids over it as though I were counting with them the offences against time.\nExplanation\nIbn Rashīq cites this verse of al-Mutanabbī as an example of reinforcement through branching description.[1]Source Example🔗\nفَاضَتْ يَدَاهُ بِالنُّضَارِ كَمَا فَاضَتْ ظُبَاهُ فِي الوَغَى بِدَمِيHis hands overflowed with gold, just as his sword-blades overflowed with my blood in battle.\nExplanation\nThe ruling of overflowing is first applied to the subject's hands in relation to generosity and wealth, then applied analogously to his blades in relation to bloodshed in battle, establishing a connected second description from the first.[2]",
"notes": "The definition above represents the overlap between the classical authorities cited by ʿAkkāwī (1996), particularly Ibn Abī al-Iṣbaʿ and al-Qazwīnī.[1] Al-Hāshimī (2019) independently attests the proposition-based formulation of al-tafrīʿ, defining it as establishing a ruling concerning one related matter after its establishment concerning another.[2]\nHatim (2010) renders tafrīʿ as \"rhetorical development\" and gives it a modern pragmatic interpretation, emphasizing both proposition-to-proposition derivation and its potential persuasive function.[3]\nʿAkkāwī (1996) notes that Ibn Rashīq’s and al-Qurṭajannī’s formulations of al-tafrīʿ are mutashābihān (“mutually similar”).[1]",
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"arabic": "مَا أَنَا بِالنَّهرِ، وَلَكِنِّي إِذَا تَكَلَّمتُ جَرَى كَلَامِي، وَإِذَا صَمَتَّ النَّهرُ لَم يَصمُت لِسَانِي",
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"explanation": "A negative quality (the oppressive weight of his promises) branches directly into a second related negative quality (the wounding quality of his silence), and that in turn is measured against a third (his speech), creating a chain of rhetorical development without negation and without al-taʾsīs."
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"english": "Every religion has a character, and the character of this religion is modesty.",
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"arabic": "كُلُّ أُمَّةٍ تَحمِلُ مِيرَاثَهَا فِي لُغَتِهَا، وَمِيرَاثُ هَذِهِ الأُمَّةِ مَحمُولٌ فِي القُرآنِ",
"english": "Every nation carries its inheritance in its language, and the inheritance of this nation is carried in the Quran.",
"explanation": "A general principle is laid down first — that language is the vessel of a people's heritage — and a specific application is then derived from it, identifying the Quran as the particular instantiation of that principle for this community. The general foundation (al-taʾsīs ) and the derived branch (al-tafrīʿ) are combined in a single movement, as described by al-Suyūṭī."
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"arabic": "أُقَلِّبُ فِيـهِ أَجْفَـانِـي كَـأَنِّـي ...",
"english": "I turn my eyelids over it as though I were counting with them the offences against time.",
"explanation": "Ibn Rashīq cites this verse of al-Mutanabbī as an example of reinforcement through branching description.[1]"
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"english": "His hands overflowed with gold, just as his sword-blades overflowed with my blood in battle.",
"explanation": "The ruling of overflowing is first applied to the subject's hands in relation to generosity and wealth, then applied analogously to his blades in relation to bloodshed in battle, establishing a connected second description from the first.[2]"
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