Why are both terms figurative in “أَحْيَا الْأَرْضَ شَبَابُ الزَّمَانِ”?
ʿIlm al-Maʿānī: Predication, Emphasis, and Rational Metaphor
- Because the statement is meaningless
- Because every noun is figurative
- Because “revived” describes renewed fertility and “youth of time” denotes spring
- Because it cannot be translated