Murāʿāt al-naẓīr, also called tanāsub or tawfīq, places together related ideas whose link is not one of opposition.
«الشَّمْسُ وَالْقَمَرُ بِحُسْبَانٍ»
“The sun and the moon move by precise reckoning.”
Sun and moon belong to the same thematic field of celestial bodies. Their relationship is affinity rather than the opposition characteristic of ṭibāq.
Recognizing the shared subject matter explains why their juxtaposition is fitting and rhetorically effective.
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ʿIlm al-Badīʿ: Semantic Embellishments, Part I
Murāʿāt al-naẓīr, also called tanāsub or tawfīq, places together related ideas whose link is not one of opposition.
«الشَّمْسُ وَالْقَمَرُ بِحُسْبَانٍ»
“The sun and the moon move by precise reckoning.”
Sun and moon belong to the same thematic field of celestial bodies. Their relationship is affinity rather than the opposition characteristic of ṭibāq.
Recognizing the shared subject matter explains why their juxtaposition is fitting and rhetorically effective.