«وَاخْفِضْ لَهُمَا جَنَاحَ الذُّلِّ مِنَ الرَّحْمَةِ»
Lower to them the wing of humility out of mercy.
Humility is expressed, while a bird is implicitly imagined as the comparison model. The bird itself is omitted, but the associated feature “wing” makes that comparison perceptible. Hence the expression illustrates implicit metaphor.
The instruction is not about a literal wing; it communicates compassionate and humble behavior toward one’s parents through an evocative image.
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Majaz and Istiara: Literal Meaning, Relationship, Contextual Evidence, and Types of Metaphor
«وَاخْفِضْ لَهُمَا جَنَاحَ الذُّلِّ مِنَ الرَّحْمَةِ»
Lower to them the wing of humility out of mercy.
Humility is expressed, while a bird is implicitly imagined as the comparison model. The bird itself is omitted, but the associated feature “wing” makes that comparison perceptible. Hence the expression illustrates implicit metaphor.
The instruction is not about a literal wing; it communicates compassionate and humble behavior toward one’s parents through an evocative image.