الْعِلْمُ نُورٌ، وَالْجَهْلُ ظَلَامٌ.
Knowledge is light; ignorance is darkness.
The passage contains two opposed pairs—knowledge/ignorance and light/darkness—so muqābalah is prominent across the statement. Each pair can separately illustrate semantic opposition.
A figure’s mere presence does not guarantee eloquence; its contribution must suit both the central message and the occasion.
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Practice 1: Supplementary Advanced Balāghah: Applied Context, Structure and Figures
الْعِلْمُ نُورٌ، وَالْجَهْلُ ظَلَامٌ.
Knowledge is light; ignorance is darkness.
The passage contains two opposed pairs—knowledge/ignorance and light/darkness—so muqābalah is prominent across the statement. Each pair can separately illustrate semantic opposition.
A figure’s mere presence does not guarantee eloquence; its contribution must suit both the central message and the occasion.