1431

"It" means, literally, "the problem under consideration," and refers to speech in general. Cf. pp. 318, 321, and 342, above. Though Ibn Khal­dun may occasionally use the expression "poetical habit," he does not distinguish between the habits of poetry and prose in this section. Indeed, the thesis announced in the heading is not discussed at all.

1432

Cf. 2:354 f., above.

1433

Cf. pp. 315 ff., above.

1434

Not in Bulaq.

1435

Cf. p. 342, above.

1436

Bulaq: "craft."

1437

Qur'an 37.96 (94).