In affirmative ṭibāq, the opposed ideas appear as distinct positive meanings. “Giving life” and “causing death” are opposing acts; one is not simply the grammatical negation of the other.
The mere presence or absence of the particle lā is not a sufficient test. The key is whether the contrast is between two independently asserted contrary concepts or between a proposition and its negated counterpart.
The latter pattern characterizes negative or polarity-based ṭibāq.
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ʿIlm al-Badīʿ: Semantic Embellishments, Part I
In affirmative ṭibāq, the opposed ideas appear as distinct positive meanings. “Giving life” and “causing death” are opposing acts; one is not simply the grammatical negation of the other.
The mere presence or absence of the particle lā is not a sufficient test. The key is whether the contrast is between two independently asserted contrary concepts or between a proposition and its negated counterpart.
The latter pattern characterizes negative or polarity-based ṭibāq.