The rhetorical analysis of tashbih does not end with shared resemblance. We also ask why the speaker chose to express that resemblance.
Possibility removes a sense of impossibility; state reveals a condition; degree measures its intensity; reinforcement fixes a judgment in the mind; beautification attracts; and disparagement repels.
Inverted simile reverses the expected comparative roles so the praised object appears to exceed the familiar standard of excellence.
The next section begins majāz and the difference between literal and nonliteral use.