Bayān ḥāl al-mushabbah applies when the listener does not yet clearly know the subject's condition or distinguishing quality. A familiar model makes that unfamiliar state intelligible.
The concern is not whether the state could exist, but what the state is like.
For instance, to describe how one ruler eclipses other rulers in eminence, the visible contrast between the sun and stars makes the relationship perceptible.
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Bayān ḥāl al-mushabbah applies when the listener does not yet clearly know the subject's condition or distinguishing quality. A familiar model makes that unfamiliar state intelligible.
The concern is not whether the state could exist, but what the state is like.
For instance, to describe how one ruler eclipses other rulers in eminence, the visible contrast between the sun and stars makes the relationship perceptible.