«فَلْيَضْحَكُوا قَلِيلًا وَلْيَبْكُوا كَثِيرًا»
Let them laugh a little and weep much.
The expression contains two ordered pairs:
laugh ↔ weep.
little ↔ much.
The coordinated opposites strengthen the reversal in emotional state and degree. When several meanings are presented and their counterparts follow in matching order, the pattern is treated as ordered counterposition.
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Ilm al-Badiʿ: The First Nine Semantic Rhetorical Devices
«فَلْيَضْحَكُوا قَلِيلًا وَلْيَبْكُوا كَثِيرًا»
Let them laugh a little and weep much.
The expression contains two ordered pairs:
laugh ↔ weep.
little ↔ much.
The coordinated opposites strengthen the reversal in emotional state and degree. When several meanings are presented and their counterparts follow in matching order, the pattern is treated as ordered counterposition.