Two words being placed together is not enough to classify the figure. Determine whether the relation is affinity or opposition.
“Sun and moon” groups related celestial bodies, so it illustrates murāʿāt al-naẓīr. “Gives life and causes death” places opposed acts together and illustrates ṭibāq.
The entities in an affinity-based figure can differ in many respects, but their rhetorical grouping depends on their shared field, not on obligatory opposition.
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ʿIlm al-Badīʿ: Semantic Embellishments, Part I
Two words being placed together is not enough to classify the figure. Determine whether the relation is affinity or opposition.
“Sun and moon” groups related celestial bodies, so it illustrates murāʿāt al-naẓīr. “Gives life and causes death” places opposed acts together and illustrates ṭibāq.
The entities in an affinity-based figure can differ in many respects, but their rhetorical grouping depends on their shared field, not on obligatory opposition.