«أن تكون الألفاظ تابعة للمعاني دون العكس»
That words should follow meanings, not the reverse.
This is the governing principle for verbal ornaments. Sound patterning should enrich a meaningful, appropriate statement rather than force the intended sense into a distorted form merely to obtain rhyme or reversal.
A formally correct pattern can still weaken eloquence if it produces obscurity, unnatural diction or an unsuitable tone.
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Qalb, Tashrīʿ and Luzūm Mā Lā Yalzam: Completing the Verbal Ornaments
«أن تكون الألفاظ تابعة للمعاني دون العكس»
That words should follow meanings, not the reverse.
This is the governing principle for verbal ornaments. Sound patterning should enrich a meaningful, appropriate statement rather than force the intended sense into a distorted form merely to obtain rhyme or reversal.
A formally correct pattern can still weaken eloquence if it produces obscurity, unnatural diction or an unsuitable tone.