«رَأَيْتُ مِنْ أَعَاجِيبِ الزَّمَانِ أَنْ تَقَدَّمَ خَصْمَانِ إِلَى قَاضِي مَعَرَّةِ النُّعْمَانِ»
I witnessed one of the marvels of the age: two disputants appeared before the judge of Maʿarrat al-Nuʿmān.
In Maʿarra an ordinary needle is praised with attributes that suggest a slender and fine-featured person. Personification turns the tool from an object of use into a mock human subject of grievance.
The comic effect also depends on scale: an everyday mishap is inflated into solemn litigation. Contrast the seriousness of the diction with the triviality of the object rather than labeling every elegant adjective a metaphor.