Yahdifu hadza al-bahtsu ila tahlil asykal al-ijaz wa anwa'ihi wa wazhaifihi fi Diwan al-Imam asy-Syafi'i. Wa yu'add al-ijaz ahad al-mafahim al-muhimmah fi 'ilm al-balaghah, idz yu'akkidu 'ala al-qudrah 'ala at-ta'bir 'an al-ma'ani al-wasi'ah bi alfaz mujazah. Istakhdama hadza al-bahts al-manhaj al-kaifi bil-madkhal al-wasfi at-tahlili. Wa tamatsalat bayanat al-bahts fi abyat min asy-syi'r fi Diwan al-Imam asy-Syafi'i allati tahtawi 'ala 'unsur al-ijaz, wa qad jumi'at hadzih al-bayanat min khilal ad-dirasah al-maktabiyyah wal-qira'ah al-muta'ammqah lin-nusus. Wa azharat nata'ij al-bahts annahu min bayna khamsah wa 'isyrin baytan sya'riyyan tam tahliluha, wujida khamsuna maudhi'an min al-ijaz, tatakawwanu min arba'ah wa arba'in ijaz qasr wa sittah ijaz hadzf. Wa la yaqtasiru istifadat al-ijaz fi Diwan al-Imam asy-Syafi'i 'ala izhar jamal al-lughah fahasb, bal yus-himu aydhan fi ta'ziz ar-rasa'il al-akhlaqiyyah wa taqdim an-nasa'ih bi 'ibarat mujazah dzat ma'an wasi'ah, kama yusahhilu 'ala al-qari' fahm ar-rasa'il al-mutadhammanah fi tilka al-abyat wa tadzakkuruha. Kama tubayyin hadzih ad-dirasah anna mafhum al-ijaz la yaqtasir istifadatuhu 'ala al-Qur'an al-Karim wal-hadits an-nabawi fahasb, bal lahu daur muhim fi al-adab al-'Arabi al-klasiki, khassatan fi sya'ri al-Imam asy-Syafi'i.