The ground of resemblance may be actual (muhaqqaq), genuinely established in the two terms, or imagined (mutakhayyal), supplied through the mind’s constructive imagery.
Knowledge and light can both be understood as guiding. Comparing hair to a black traced line may work through a visualized picture. An imagined likeness can be rhetorically meaningful when it communicates an intelligible quality.
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Ilm al-Bayan and Simile: Definition, Elements, Terms and Particles
The ground of resemblance may be actual (muhaqqaq), genuinely established in the two terms, or imagined (mutakhayyal), supplied through the mind’s constructive imagery.
Knowledge and light can both be understood as guiding. Comparing hair to a black traced line may work through a visualized picture. An imagined likeness can be rhetorically meaningful when it communicates an intelligible quality.