而至高的主说：

And He Ta’Aalaa said:

"دلالة الإشارة" هي دلالة اللفظ على معنى أو حكم لم يُقصد لا أصالةً ولا تبعًا، لكنه مطابق للمعنى الذي سِيق الكلام من أجله. فدلالة الإشارة لا تُفهم من المنطوق الصريح للنص، أي من المعنى الحرفي (حرفًا بحرف)، وهو ما يُسمى "دلالة العبارة"، بل تُفهم من المعنى الذي أرشد إليه مدلول النص. وقد سمّى بعض الأصوليين هذا النوع من الدلالة "مفهوم النص" (أي المعنى المفهوم المستفاد لا المنطوق به). وذلك أن المعنى المدلول عليه، الذي لم يُدل عليه بعبارته، يستلزم معنى آخر، وهو ما يسمى "دلالة الإشارة"، إذ إن النص يرشد إليه على سبيل الإشارة لا على سبيل العبارة. ولهذا يتحدثون عن هذه الدلالة بوصفها دلالةَ اللفظ على معنى من معانيه غير المقصود من العبارة، ويسمونها أيضًا "الدلالة الالتزامية"، لأن معنى الألفاظ يستلزم معنى آخر يسمى "دلالة الإشارة".

Dalaalat ul-Ishaarah is the Dalaalah (indication) of the Lafzh (wording) upon a meaning or Hukm that is not intended either originally or in following. It is however corresponding to the meaning for which the speech has been framed for. The Dalaalat ul-Ishaarah is therefore not understood from the Mantooq An-Nass (expressed wording of the text) i.e. from the Harfiy meaning (i.e. letter for letter) which is called Dalaalat ul-Ibaarah. Rather it is understood from the meaning that the meaning of the text has guided to. Some of the Usooliyeen (scholars of Usool) have called this type of Dalaalah the Mafhoom of the Nass (i.e. implied and understood but not expressed meaning). That means that the indicated to meaning, which has not been indicated through its ‘Ibaarah (expression) (i.e. by its wording), necessitates another meaning, and that is called Dalaalat ul-Ishaarah (i.e. indication of a meaning by implication or indication). That is because the Nass (text) guides to it by way of Ishaarah (indication/implicitly) and not by the way of ‘Ibaarah (expression). For that reason, they talk about this Dalaalah (indication) as being the Dalaalah of the Lafzh upon a meaning of its meaning i.e. upon the meaning that was not intended from the ‘Ibaarah (expression). And they (also) call it Dalaalah Al-Iltizaamiyah (indication by necessity) because the meaning of the Alfaazh (worded expressions) necessitates another meaning called the Dalaalat ul-Ishaarah.