Three Lessons of Arabic Rhetoric

“Analyze the following Arabic sentence: "العلم نورٌ والجهل ظلامٌ" (Knowledge is light and ignorance is darkness). Identify one potential element from each of the three branches of Arabic rhetoric (*ʿIlm al-maʿānī*, *ʿIlm al-bayān*, and *ʿIlm al-badīʿ*) that could be present. Analyze the following Arabic sentence: "الكتاب خير جليس في الزمان" (The book is the best companion in time). Identify one potential element from each of the three branches of Arabic rhetoric (*ʿIlm al-maʿānī*, *ʿIlm al-bayān*, and *ʿIlm al-badīʿ*) that could be present. Analyze the following Arabic sentence: "لسانك حصانك إن صنته صانك" (Your tongue is your horse, if you protect it, it protects you). Identify one potential element from each of the three branches of Arabic rhetoric (*ʿIlm al-maʿānī*, *ʿIlm al-bayān*, and *ʿIlm al-badīʿ*) that could be present.”