«فَأَقِمْ وَجْهَكَ لِلدِّينِ الْقَيِّمِ»
“So set your face toward the upright religion.”
Aqim and al-qayyim arise from the same root in different forms. The source treats derivational similarity as a figure allied to jinās rather than simply as complete jinās.
That distinction matters: sharing a root is not full agreement of letters, vocalization and sequence. The rhetorical strength here lies in the return of a common root and its associated sense.
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ʿIlm al-Badīʿ: Verbal Embellishments — Paronomasia, Rhymed Prose and Related Figures
«فَأَقِمْ وَجْهَكَ لِلدِّينِ الْقَيِّمِ»
“So set your face toward the upright religion.”
Aqim and al-qayyim arise from the same root in different forms. The source treats derivational similarity as a figure allied to jinās rather than simply as complete jinās.
That distinction matters: sharing a root is not full agreement of letters, vocalization and sequence. The rhetorical strength here lies in the return of a common root and its associated sense.