“Al-qaryah” and “ahl al-qaryah” are not merely different word counts. The first names a place; the second explicitly names the inhabitants.
Relation: the location and the people within it.
Clue: asking for testimony requires people capable of understanding and responding.
Similarity is not the relation here. Therefore figurative use alone does not justify calling it a metaphor; identifying the specific non-similarity relation is essential.
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Supplementary Practice — Integrated Grammatical and Rhetorical Analysis of Arabic Texts
“Al-qaryah” and “ahl al-qaryah” are not merely different word counts. The first names a place; the second explicitly names the inhabitants.
Relation: the location and the people within it.
Clue: asking for testimony requires people capable of understanding and responding.
Similarity is not the relation here. Therefore figurative use alone does not justify calling it a metaphor; identifying the specific non-similarity relation is essential.