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الْمَالُ وَالْبَنُونَ زِينَةُ الْحَيَاةِ الدُّنْيَا
Wealth and children are adornment of worldly life.

Wealth and children are included under one shared predicate, “the adornment of worldly life.” This displays jamʿ: gathering distinct items under a common judgment.

Taqsīm is different: after several items are named, an assigned property is given to each. Mere plurality does not establish division without the specified distribution of attributes.

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Shared predication or assigned distribution?

Research Practicum: Evidence, Context and Adjudicating Similar Rhetorical Figures

الْمَالُ وَالْبَنُونَ زِينَةُ الْحَيَاةِ الدُّنْيَا
Wealth and children are adornment of worldly life.

Wealth and children are included under one shared predicate, “the adornment of worldly life.” This displays jamʿ: gathering distinct items under a common judgment.

Taqsīm is different: after several items are named, an assigned property is given to each. Mere plurality does not establish division without the specified distribution of attributes.