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«هَيْهَاتَ لَا يَأْتِي الزَّمَانُ بِمِثْلِهِ»
Far from it—the age will not bring another like him.

«أَعْدَى الزَّمَانَ سَخَاؤُهُ»
His generosity spread even to the age itself.

The first verse depicts time as too miserly to produce an equal. The second imagines the praised man's generosity as spreading even to time. Both convey exceptional generosity, yet one uses the miserliness of the age and the other imagines generosity as contagious. The shift of imagery is central to their rhetorical comparison.

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One theme in two forms of verse

Conclusion: Literary Borrowing, Iqtibas, Tadmeen, and the Final Arts of Composition

«هَيْهَاتَ لَا يَأْتِي الزَّمَانُ بِمِثْلِهِ»
Far from it—the age will not bring another like him.

«أَعْدَى الزَّمَانَ سَخَاؤُهُ»
His generosity spread even to the age itself.

The first verse depicts time as too miserly to produce an equal. The second imagines the praised man's generosity as spreading even to time. Both convey exceptional generosity, yet one uses the miserliness of the age and the other imagines generosity as contagious. The shift of imagery is central to their rhetorical comparison.