The four elements need not all be stated. If the two terms remain while both the particle and the explicitly named ground are omitted, the identification may be made especially forceful. This is called tashbih baligh.
“Zayd is a lion” means a strong comparison in courage, not literal identity between a person and an animal. Context is needed; not every noun-predicate sentence is a simile.
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Ilm al-Bayan and Simile: Definition, Elements, Terms and Particles
The four elements need not all be stated. If the two terms remain while both the particle and the explicitly named ground are omitted, the identification may be made especially forceful. This is called tashbih baligh.
“Zayd is a lion” means a strong comparison in courage, not literal identity between a person and an animal. Context is needed; not every noun-predicate sentence is a simile.