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    Signification by implication دَلَالَةُ الالْتِزَام

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    Signification by implication

    dalālat al-iltizām

    دَلَالَةُ الالْتِزَام

    by is when an signifies something outside its meaning that necessarily accompanies that meaning in the mind.

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    “human” = rational animalthe whole: correspondenceanimalrationala part: inclusionimplied: implicationcapable of knowledge
    Implication: “human” signifies something outside its meaning that the mind cannot separate from it, “capable of knowledge”.

    Explanation

    What is signified is not part of the meaning, but the mind cannot the meaning without moving to it.

    Also written as: iltizam, dalalah iltizamiyyah.

    In the text

    إِيسَاغُوجِي: اللَّفْظُ الدَّالُّ يَدُلُّ عَلَى مَا وُضِعَ لَهُ بِالْمُطَابَقَةِ، وَعَلَى جُزْئِهِ بِالتَّضَمُّنِ إِنْ كَانَ لَهُ جُزْءٌ، وَعَلَى مَا يُلَازِمُهُ فِي الذِّهْنِ بِالِالْتِزَامِ،Īsāghūjī (Introduction): a signifying utterance signifies what it was coined for by correspondence, a part of that if it has a part by inclusion, and what accompanies it in the mind by implication,كَالإِنْسَانِ، فَإِنَّهُ يَدُلُّ عَلَى الْحَيَوَانِ النَّاطِقِ بِالْمُطَابَقَةِ، وَعَلَى أَحَدِهِمَا بِالتَّضَمُّنِ، وَعَلَى قَابِلِ الْعِلْمِ وَصَنْعَةِ الْكِتَابَةِ بِالِالْتِزَامِ؛as with “human”: it signifies “rational animal” by correspondence, one of the two by inclusion, and “capable of knowledge and of the craft of writing” by implication.

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    • دَلَالَةُ الإِنْسَانِ عَلَى قَابِلِ العِلْمِ وَصَنْعَةِ الكِتَابَةِ“human” signifying what is capable of knowledge and of the craft of writing

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    1. Question 1

      What is signification by implication (iltizām)?

    2. Question 2

      Which of these does “human” signify by implication?

      الإِنْسَان

    3. Question 3

      Why is signification by correspondence the basis of signification by implication?

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