What is the principal difference between tazyīn and tashwīh?
Purposes of Simile: Possibility, Condition, Degree, Beautification, Disfigurement and Reversal
- Beautification identifies an unknown quality and disfigurement only measures degree
- Both principally lower the rank of the comparison term
- Beautification evokes admiration, whereas disfigurement evokes aversion
- Beautification omits the marker, while disfigurement always states it