يُحْيِي وَيُمِيتُ
He gives life and causes death.
Both yuḥyī and yumīt are verbs, expressing opposed meanings: giving life and causing death. This is an instance of antithesis between verbs.
The figure is not created merely by matching verb forms or tense. The decisive feature is the conceptual opposition they communicate. The grammatical parallelism helps present the contrast clearly.
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Introduction to ʿIlm al-Badīʿ: Ṭibāq and Muqābalah
يُحْيِي وَيُمِيتُ
He gives life and causes death.
Both yuḥyī and yumīt are verbs, expressing opposed meanings: giving life and causing death. This is an instance of antithesis between verbs.
The figure is not created merely by matching verb forms or tense. The decisive feature is the conceptual opposition they communicate. The grammatical parallelism helps present the contrast clearly.