Durus al-Balagha — First Lessons in Arabic Rhetoric (دروس البلاغة) — Page 72

Line-by-line translation · المعاني

أَقْسَامُ الْإِيجَازِ: دُرُوسُ الْبَلَاغَةِ.

Types of Conciseness: Lessons in Rhetoric.

الْإِيجَازُ إِمَّا أَنْ يَكُونَ بِتَضَمُّنِ الْعِبَارَةِ الْقَصِيرَةِ مَعَانِيَ كَثِيرَةً، وَهُوَ مَرْكَزُ عِنَايَةِ الْبُلَغَاءِ وَبِهِ تَتَفَاوَتُ أَقْدَارُهُمْ وَيُسَمَّى إِيجَازَ قِصَرٍ نَحْوَ قَوْلِهِ تَعَالَى: ﴿وَلَكُمْ فِي الْقِصَاصِ حَيَاةٌ﴾.

Conciseness is either when a short phrase contains many meanings, which is the focus of the eloquent and by which their ranks vary, and it is called 'conciseness of brevity,' such as His saying, the Almighty: 'And there is life for you in legal retribution.'

وَإِمَّا أَنْ يَكُونَ بِحَذْفِ كَلِمَةٍ، أَوْ جُمْلَةٍ، أَوْ أَكْثَرَ، مَعَ قَرِينَةٍ تُعَيِّنُ الْمَحْذُوفَ وَيُسَمَّى إِيجَازَ حَذْفٍ.

Or it is by omitting a word, a sentence, or more, along with a context that identifies what is omitted, and it is called 'conciseness of omission.'

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Vocabulary · المفردات (17 verbs · 32 nouns)

• كَانَ — to be
• تَضَمَّنَ — to include
• تَفَاوَتَ — to vary
• قِسْمٌ — division
• إِيجَازٌ — conciseness
• دَرْسٌ — lesson