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Defining statement
al-qawl al-shāriḥ
القَوْلُ الشَّارِح
A (al-qawl al-shāriḥ, also muʿarrif) is what leads to an unknown .
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Explanation
It is either an (ḥadd) or a (rasm), each complete or incomplete.
It is the counterpart of the (ḥujja), which leads to an unknown .
Also written as: qawl sharih, mu'arrif, definition.
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الْحَدُّ: قَوْلٌ دَالٌّ عَلَى مَاهِيَّةِ الشَّيْءِ، وَهُوَ الَّذِي يَتَرَكَّبُ مِنْ جِنْسِ الشَّيْءِ وَفَصْلِهِ الْقَرِيبَيْنِ، كَالْحَيَوَانِ النَّاطِقِ بِالنِّسْبَةِ إِلَى الإِنْسَانِ، وَهُوَ الْحَدُّ التَّامُّ؛The essential definition is a statement that signifies the quiddity of a thing. When it is composed of the thing's proximate genus and proximate differentia, like “rational animal” for human, it is the complete essential definition.Related terms
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Question 1
A defining statement (al-qawl al-shāriḥ) is what leads to…
The leads to an unknown (taṣawwur); what leads to an unknown is the .
Question 2
“Rational animal”, said to make clear what a human is, is…
حَيَوَانٌ نَاطِقٌ
It makes known what a human is, so it leads to a : it is a (here an ).
Question 3
Which is the counterpart of the defining statement, leading to an unknown assent?
The leads to an unknown ; its counterpart, the (ḥujja), leads to an unknown .
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