«وَالْعَيْشُ خَيْرٌ فِي ظِلَالِ النُّوكِ مِنْ عَاشَ كَدًّا»
Life under the shade of folly is better than that of one who lives in hardship.
The phrasing brings nawk (folly) into comparison with kadd (toil). Its qualifications can create a questionable direction of comparison: instead of serving the intended contrast, they may complicate or distort it.
The assessment of padding therefore involves semantic effect, not only mechanically repeated words.
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Ījāz, Iṭnāb and Musāwāt: Standards of Expression and Their Distinctions
«وَالْعَيْشُ خَيْرٌ فِي ظِلَالِ النُّوكِ مِنْ عَاشَ كَدًّا»
Life under the shade of folly is better than that of one who lives in hardship.
The phrasing brings nawk (folly) into comparison with kadd (toil). Its qualifications can create a questionable direction of comparison: instead of serving the intended contrast, they may complicate or distort it.
The assessment of padding therefore involves semantic effect, not only mechanically repeated words.