الْعِلْمُ كَالنُّورِ فِي الْهِدَايَةِ.
Knowledge resembles light in guiding.
The subject of comparison is al-ʿilm, its analogue al-nūr, the particle is kāf, and the common feature is guidance. An abstract quality is made intelligible through a sensory image.
An adequate simile analysis identifies the exact shared feature, not merely the compared terms.
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Practice 1: Supplementary Advanced Balāghah: Applied Context, Structure and Figures
الْعِلْمُ كَالنُّورِ فِي الْهِدَايَةِ.
Knowledge resembles light in guiding.
The subject of comparison is al-ʿilm, its analogue al-nūr, the particle is kāf, and the common feature is guidance. An abstract quality is made intelligible through a sensory image.
An adequate simile analysis identifies the exact shared feature, not merely the compared terms.