LessonsPractice 2: Advanced Balāghah: Integrated Analysis of Three Arabic PassagesQuiz

تَشْهَدُ لَهُ الْأَيَّامُ.
The days testify in its favour.

Days cannot testify like human witnesses. The line transfers the language of testimony to the way results become visible over time, turning the proof of effort into something observable and enduring.

The metaphor supports the preceding correction: decorated talk may impress immediately, but the imagined testimony of days introduces the test of time. Its value is compositional, not merely decorative.

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Days as witnesses

Practice 2: Advanced Balāghah: Integrated Analysis of Three Arabic Passages

تَشْهَدُ لَهُ الْأَيَّامُ.
The days testify in its favour.

Days cannot testify like human witnesses. The line transfers the language of testimony to the way results become visible over time, turning the proof of effort into something observable and enduring.

The metaphor supports the preceding correction: decorated talk may impress immediately, but the imagined testimony of days introduces the test of time. Its value is compositional, not merely decorative.