A further rule states that one occurrence of one word should not be used to intend both its literal and figurative senses simultaneously under this textual approach. That does not deny multiple possible senses; it requires deciding which sense operates in this particular utterance.
«لا يراد المعنى الحقيقي والمجازي معا من لفظ واحد في حالة واحدة»
The literal and figurative senses are not both intended from one word in the same instance.
If “a lion entered the field” clearly means a brave man, it does not also assert that the animal entered. The literal sense remains available in a different utterance. The availability of two uses is distinct from combining both in a single occurrence.