Worked method: separate lexical use from predication

Four Types of Rational Figurative Predication: Quranic and Nondeclarative Examples

A reliable analysis follows four steps:
1. Identify the predicate and its subject.
2. Determine the lexical status of each.
3. Ask whether the predicate is assigned to its proper bearer.
4. Name the association and the contextual indication.

أَحْيَا الْأَرْضَ الرَّبِيعُ
“Revived” is figurative, “spring” literal, and attribution to spring indirect: Type 4.

أَنْبَتَ الرَّبِيعُ الْبَقْلَ
Both words are literal, but the attribution to spring is indirect: Type 1.