Al-Balagha al-Wadiha by al-Jarim & Amin (البلاغة الواضحة) — Page 41

Line-by-line translation · المعاني

التَّمْرِينُ (٢) اِجْعَلْ كُلَّ تَشْبِيهٍ مِنَ التَّشْبِيهَيْنِ الْآتِيَيْنِ مُفَصَّلًا ثُمَّ مُؤَكَّدًا ثُمَّ بَلِيغًا: وَكَانَ إِيمَاضُ السُّيُوفِ بَوَارِقَ وَعَجَاجُ خَيْلِهِمْ سَحَابٌ مُظْلِمٌ.

Exercise (2): Make each of the following two similes detailed, then emphatic, then eloquent: 'The flashing of the swords was like lightning, and the dust of their horses was a dark cloud.'

التَّمْرِينُ (٣) اِجْعَلْ كُلَّ تَشْبِيهٍ مِنَ التَّشْبِيهَيْنِ الْآتِيَيْنِ مُرْسَلًا مُفَصَّلًا ثُمَّ مُرْسَلًا مُجْمَلًا: أَنَا نَارٌ فِي مُرْتَقَى نَظَرِ الْحَاسِدِ مَاءٌ جَارٍ مَعَ الْإِخْوَانِ.

Exercise (3): Make each of the following two similes explicit and detailed, then explicit and concise: 'I am fire in the high view of the envious, [and] flowing water with the brothers.'

التَّمْرِينُ (٤) اِجْعَلِ التَّشْبِيهَ الْآتِيَ مُؤَكَّدًا مُفَصَّلًا ثُمَّ بَلِيغًا، وَهُوَ فِي وَصْفِ رَجُلَيْنِ اتَّفَقَا عَلَى الْوِشَايَةِ بَيْنَ النَّاسِ: كَشِقَّيْ مِقَصٍّ تَجَمَّعَا عَلَى غَيْرِ شَيْءٍ سِوَى التَّفْرِقَةِ.

Exercise (4): Make the following simile emphatic and detailed, then eloquent, and it is in the description of two men who agreed to sow discord among people: 'Like the two blades of a pair of scissors that have come together for nothing but to divide.'

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Vocabulary · المفردات (8 verbs · 37 nouns)

• جَعَلَ — to make
• كَانَ — to be
• أَتَى — to come
• تَمْرِينٌ — exercise
• تَشْبِيهٌ — simile
• سَيْفٌ — sword