LessonsWaṣl: Agreement of Form and Function, and the Unifying RelationQuiz

Shared featureRhetorical value
Both people are aliveVery generic; usually weak
Both work in literatureStrong in a literary context
Their actions contrast as giving/withholdingStrong in a comparison
Both predicates differDifference alone proves little

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Weak versus strong connecting relations

Waṣl: Agreement of Form and Function, and the Unifying Relation

Shared featureRhetorical value
Both people are aliveVery generic; usually weak
Both work in literatureStrong in a literary context
Their actions contrast as giving/withholdingStrong in a comparison
Both predicates differDifference alone proves little

This is not a mechanical list of acceptable links. The same feature can be useful or irrelevant depending on the purpose of the discourse.