Durus al-Balagha — First Lessons in Arabic Rhetoric (دروس البلاغة) — Page 45

Line-by-line translation · المعاني

وَالْأَدَبُ، نَحْوَ قَوْلِ الشَّاعِرِ: قَدْ طَلَبْنَا فَلَمْ نَجِدْ لَكَ فِي السُّؤْدَدِ وَالْمَجْدِ وَالْمَكَارِمِ مِثْلَا.

9 - And literature, such as the poet's saying: We have sought, but we did not find for you in nobility, glory, and noble deeds an equal.

وَتَنْزِيلُ الْمُتَعَدِّي مَنْزِلَةَ اللَّازِمِ؛ لِعَدَمِ تَعَلُّقِ الْغَرَضِ بِالْمَعْمُولِ، نَحْوَ: ﴿هَلْ يَسْتَوِي الَّذِينَ يَعْلَمُونَ وَالَّذِينَ لَا يَعْلَمُونَ﴾

10 - Treating the transitive verb as an intransitive one; due to the lack of purpose in relating to the object, such as: 'Are those who know equal to those who do not know?'

وَيُعَدُّ مِنَ الْحَذْفِ إِسْنَادُ الْفِعْلِ إِلَى نَائِبِ الْفَاعِلِ، فَيُقَالُ: حُذِفَ الْفَاعِلُ؛ لِلْخَوْفِ مِنْهُ، أَوْ عَلَيْهِ، أَوْ لِلْعِلْمِ بِهِ، أَوْ الْجَهْلِ بِهِ:

It is considered part of omission to attribute the verb to the deputy of the subject, so it is said: The subject was omitted; due to fear of him, or for him, or because he is known, or because he is unknown.

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Vocabulary · المفردات (10 verbs · 26 nouns)

• طَلَبَ — to seek
• وَجَدَ — to find
• تَعَلَّقَ — to relate
• أَدَبٌ — literature
• نَحْو — such as, e.g. (نَحْوَ); direction, manner; grammar (النَّحْو)
• قَوْلٌ — saying