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وَاجْعَلْ لِي لِسَانَ صِدْقٍ فِي الْآخِرِينَ
“Grant me truthful and favorable remembrance among later generations.”

In Qurʾān 26:84, lisān literally means tongue, but the intended benefit is enduring good remembrance. Speech and praise are produced through the tongue, so the instrument gives its name to the outcome.

Original sense: physical tongue.
Intended sense: enduring honorable remembrance.
Relation: instrumentality, as speech uses the tongue.

This is not resemblance between a tongue and reputation. It is a relation of means and resulting communication.

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Instrument-for-result: a tongue and good remembrance

Majāz Mursal and Istiʿārah: Non-similarity Relations and Their Types

وَاجْعَلْ لِي لِسَانَ صِدْقٍ فِي الْآخِرِينَ
“Grant me truthful and favorable remembrance among later generations.”

In Qurʾān 26:84, lisān literally means tongue, but the intended benefit is enduring good remembrance. Speech and praise are produced through the tongue, so the instrument gives its name to the outcome.

Original sense: physical tongue.
Intended sense: enduring honorable remembrance.
Relation: instrumentality, as speech uses the tongue.

This is not resemblance between a tongue and reputation. It is a relation of means and resulting communication.