«وَمَنْ حَكَمَ بِأَنْ أَبْذُلَ وَأَخْزُنَ، وَأَلِينَ وَأَخْشَنَ»
Who has required me to give and hoard, to be gentle and harsh?
Two pairs of opposing verbs—give/hoard and soften/harden—constitute a clear antithetical pattern. The apparently impossible combined demand becomes conspicuous through symmetry.
The question challenges the fairness of expecting incompatible responses under one rule. Antithesis here is an argumentative device, not merely verbal ornament.
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Rhetoric and Narrative Effect — Advanced Practicum Across Ten Maqāmāt
«وَمَنْ حَكَمَ بِأَنْ أَبْذُلَ وَأَخْزُنَ، وَأَلِينَ وَأَخْشَنَ»
Who has required me to give and hoard, to be gentle and harsh?
Two pairs of opposing verbs—give/hoard and soften/harden—constitute a clear antithetical pattern. The apparently impossible combined demand becomes conspicuous through symmetry.
The question challenges the fairness of expecting incompatible responses under one rule. Antithesis here is an argumentative device, not merely verbal ornament.