«يُحْيِي وَيُمِيتُ»
“He gives life and causes death.”
The verbs yuḥyī and yumīt express contrary acts. Their pairing brings the two opposite outcomes into a single frame.
This is opposition between verbs. Their being in the same tense is not the figure; what matters is the opposition between the actions signified.
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ʿIlm al-Badīʿ: Semantic Embellishments, Part I
«يُحْيِي وَيُمِيتُ»
“He gives life and causes death.”
The verbs yuḥyī and yumīt express contrary acts. Their pairing brings the two opposite outcomes into a single frame.
This is opposition between verbs. Their being in the same tense is not the figure; what matters is the opposition between the actions signified.