الْمُحَافَظَةُ عَلَى وَزْنٍ أَوْ سَجْعٍ
Preserving poetic metre or the rhythmic ending of prose.
إِذَا نَطَقَ السَّفِيهُ فَلَا تُجِبْهُ، فَخَيْرٌ مِنْ إِجَابَتِهِ السُّكُوتُ
When a foolish person speaks, do not answer him; silence is better than responding.
In the second hemistich, khayrun is an advanced predicate, min ijabatihi is associated with it, and al-sukutu is the delayed initial subject. The order preserves an intelligible statement while serving the verse’s metrical form.
Aesthetic arrangement must work with rather than destroy the intended meaning.