«قَدْ طَلَبْنَا فَلَمْ نَجِدْ لَكَ فِي السُّؤْدَدِ وَالْمَجْدِ وَالْمَكَارِمِ مِثْلًا»
We searched, but found no equal to you in nobility, glory, and generosity.
The first verb, “ṭalabnā” (we sought), leaves its object unspoken; the second construction explicitly supplies “mithlan” (an equal). The latter word brings out the force of the conclusion: the search yielded no peer.
The contrast creates a progression from searching to decisive praise. Mechanically expressing or omitting the object in both clauses would flatten this rhetorical movement.