«أَنْبَتَ الرَّبِيعُ الْبَقْلَ»
“Spring caused the vegetation to grow.”
The season of spring is made the grammatical agent of growth because vegetation appears and flourishes during that period. The attribution relies on association with the season, rather than identifying the season as an independent creator of life. The theological reality of creation belongs to God.
Both the palace example and the spring example involve an agent other than the immediate agent. They differ in their relation: the ruler is connected through direction and responsibility; spring through time and circumstance. Recognizing the nature of the relationship is central to analyzing majāz ʿaqlī.