...rally (physical cleanliness as a mark of ritual purity) and metaphorically (the purification of deeds and character required for...
... (majaz, isti'arah, tashbih) in Arabic. Al-Jurjani analyzes metaphor, simile, and other literary devices with examples from the ...
...uran and Sunnah regarding divine attributes without ta'wil (metaphorical interpretation), takyeef (asking how), or tamtheel (com...
... but differs from the Athari position in its use of ta'wil (metaphorical interpretation) for some attributes. Predominant among ...