What does Ighal mean?

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Discover the meaning of the term Ighal (إيغال) in Islamic vocabulary.

Updated on 11 April 2026 at 1:05 AM

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Definition Ighal

Ighal according to Kitab at-Ta'rifat (Al-Jurjani)

It is closing the verse with what yields a point the meaning completes without, for added exaggeration, as in al-Khansa’s word in her elegy of her brother Sakhr:

Ighal according to Mufradat (Ar-Raghib)

It is closing the speech with what yields a point the meaning completes without; of its Quran examples: « O my people, follow the senders » to his word « well-guided »: the sense completed without « and they are well-guided », the messenger being guided necessarily; but there is added exaggeration spurring following the messenger and encouraging it. In poetry, as his word:

Ighal according to Dustur al-'Ulama (Al-Ahmadnagari)

With kasra of the first two, of awghala in lands when going farthest therein; and awghala. Hence at-tawaghghoul. Among the ma’ani scholars: closing the verse with what yields a point the meaning completes without, as added exaggeration in al-Khansa’s word in her elegy of her brother Sakhr.

Ighal according to Maqalid al-'Ulum (As-Suyuti)

Closing the speech, or verse, with what yields a point the meaning completes without.

Ighal according to At-Tawqif (Al-Munawi)

Closing the verse with what yields a point the meaning completes without, for added exaggeration.

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