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«شَجْوُ حُسَّادِهِ وَغَيْظُ عِدَاهُ أَنْ يَرَى مُبْصِرٌ وَيَسْمَعَ وَاعٍ»
His rivals' grief and enemies' anger are that someone with sight sees and someone who hears hears.

The verbs «يَرَى» and «يَسْمَعَ» have no explicit objects here. The poetic praise directs attention to seeing and hearing as activities and to the fame of the praised person's visible and reported excellences.

The wording should not immediately be treated as though one particular object has simply been deleted; the surrounding interpretation brings in the person's deeds, traces, and reports.

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Poetic praise: seeing and hearing

Verb Complements: When the Object Is Not Mentioned

«شَجْوُ حُسَّادِهِ وَغَيْظُ عِدَاهُ أَنْ يَرَى مُبْصِرٌ وَيَسْمَعَ وَاعٍ»
His rivals' grief and enemies' anger are that someone with sight sees and someone who hears hears.

The verbs «يَرَى» and «يَسْمَعَ» have no explicit objects here. The poetic praise directs attention to seeing and hearing as activities and to the fame of the praised person's visible and reported excellences.

The wording should not immediately be treated as though one particular object has simply been deleted; the surrounding interpretation brings in the person's deeds, traces, and reports.