أَحْيَا الْأَرْضَ الرَّبِيعُ
Spring revived the land.
“Revived” transfers the meaning of bringing to life to greening and renewed growth, so the predicate is lexically figurative. “Spring” has its ordinary meaning and the subject is lexically literal.
The predication remains figurative because the revival is assigned to a season. Type 2 differs only in also casting the subject as “the youth of time,” a figurative expression.
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Four Types of Rational Figurative Predication: Quranic and Nondeclarative Examples
أَحْيَا الْأَرْضَ الرَّبِيعُ
Spring revived the land.
“Revived” transfers the meaning of bringing to life to greening and renewed growth, so the predicate is lexically figurative. “Spring” has its ordinary meaning and the subject is lexically literal.
The predication remains figurative because the revival is assigned to a season. Type 2 differs only in also casting the subject as “the youth of time,” a figurative expression.