The source values striking, graceful metaphors: figures of speech that make an image compelling and apt.
Istiʿārah (metaphor) transfers a term on the basis of resemblance without explicitly marking a comparison.
Example: “Knowledge is light.” This means that knowledge illuminates understanding, not that it is a physical lamp.
Example: “Darkness became a wall.” The expression conveys an intense sense of obstruction.
Metaphor supplies an image with meaning, but its emotional impact is not empirical or demonstrative proof.