SIMILE: Simile
| SIMILE: Simile | |
|---|---|
| Category | Figurative Speech (‘ilm al-bayān) |
| Subcategory | Explicit Comparison |
| Built upon | 10 sources |
| Annotation Unit | |
| ARDT Code | SIMILE |
| Level | 1 |
| Has 5 Level2 subunits | |
| Included in Taxonomy | |
| ARDT | v0.1.1 v0.1.0 |
| External Identifiers | |
| BALAGHAScore | B-1 |
| BalaghaBase | Q56 |
| OpenAlex | W4415329783 |
| Applications | |
| BalaghaCorpus | See examples |
| Cite this page | |
| 🔗 Live DOI | 10.64393/balagha.Q56 |
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Definition
Simile (al-tashbīh) is an Arabic rhetorical device in which a comparison is established between two entities based on a shared attribute, for the purpose of clarification, praise, dispraise, or related rhetorical ends.[1][2][3][4][5][6][7][8]
A simile consists of four components:[7][8]
- The likened-to (al-mushabbah): the subject being described.
- The likened (al-mushabbah bihi): the standard of comparison.
- The simile feature (wajh al-tashbīh): the shared attribute.
- The simile element (ʾadāt al-tashbīh): the linguistic marker linking the two.
Linguistic Operations
- Simile establishes a comparison between two entities (the mushabbah and the mushabbah bih) on the basis of a shared attribute (wajh al-shabah).[2][4][5][6][7]
- The comparison may be signalled by an explicit simile element (adāt al-tashbīh), such as a particle, noun, or verb indicating resemblance.[2][5][6]
- The shared attribute may be stated explicitly or omitted and inferred from context.[1][2][4]
- The simile element may likewise be present or omitted, producing recognised subtype distinctions.[1][2][4]
- In standard Simile construction, the shared attribute is normally stronger or more manifest in the likened (al-mushabbah bih) than in the likened-to (al-mushabbah), since the likened functions as the clearer or stronger exemplar of the attribute.[4][6][1][8] This directionality may be reversed in certain subtypes (see Reverse Simile below).
- In this encyclopedia, the linguistic form of Simile may vary through the presence or omission of the simile feature and simile element, or through the embedding of the comparison within a wider proposition rather than a standard simile construction.
Recognition
Simile may be present when:[2][4][6]
- Two entities or meanings are placed in a relation of resemblance.
- The two ends of the comparison — the likened-to (al-mushabbah) and the likened (al-mushabbah bihi) — can be identified as distinct comparison poles.
- A shared attribute between them can be identified, whether stated explicitly or understood by implication.
- The relation of resemblance may be expressed by a simile element such as kāf or kaʾanna, but the simile element may be omitted.
The following diagnostic tests aid identification:
- Can two distinct comparison poles be identified?
- Is a relation of resemblance established between them?
- Can a shared feature be identified or plausibly recovered?
- Can the expression be paraphrased as “X is like Y in respect of Z” without introducing a comparison that is not already present?
Diagnostic Communicative Enhancements
- Clarification (bayān al-ḥāl) — making the state or nature of the likened-to intelligible by reference to a familiar standard.[1][6][7]
- Demonstrating possibility (bayān imkān al-mushabbah) — establishing that an attribute claimed of the likened-to is plausible by showing it is already exemplified in the likened.[6][5][7]
- Establishing degree (bayān miqdār al-ḥāl) — specifying how strongly a quality is possessed by the likened-to through the choice of a likened that exemplifies it to a known degree.[6][5][7]
- Confirmation (taqrīr al-ḥāl) — reinforcing and fixing a quality already attributed to the likened-to.[6][5][7]
- Praise (tazyin) — elevating the likened-to by associating it with a positively valued likened.[1][2][6][7]
- Dispraise (taqbīḥ) — degrading the likened-to by associating it with a negatively valued likened.[1][2][6][7]
Applying the Recognition Framework
The information on this page can be used to evaluate whether this device is present in a candidate lexical item using the Specific Device Recognition part of the Universal Framework for Identifying Arabic Rhetorical Devices:
Types of Simile
Classical Arabic rhetoric distinguishes numerous types of simile according to different structural, semantic, and rhetorical considerations.[1][2][4][6]
For identification and annotation, the Encyclopedia foregrounds the following forms because they demonstrate how the linguistic structure of a simile may vary while the underlying comparison remains identifiable. These types are analytical paradigms rather than mutually exclusive categories: a single simile may satisfy more than one classification.
SIMILE-DT: Detailed simile (al-tashbīh al-mufaṣṣal)
A simile in which all four structural components are explicitly expressed: the likened-to, the likened, the simile element, and the simile feature.[9]
مُحَمَّدٌ كَالْبَحْرِ فِي الْجُودِ
Muḥammad is like the sea in generosity.
- Explanation
- All four components are explicitly expressed. Likened-to: Muḥammad. Likened: the sea. Simile element: kāf. Simile feature: generosity.[9]
الطَّالِبُ كَالنَّهْرِ فِي الاسْتِمْرَارِ
The student is like a river in its constancy.
- Explanation
- All four components are explicitly expressed. Likened-to: the student. Likened: a river. Simile feature: constancy. Simile element: kāf.
SIMILE-SY: Synopsis Simile (al-tashbīh al-mujmal)
A simile in which the simile feature (wajh al-tashbīh) is omitted, leaving the shared attribute to be inferred.[1][2]
كَلَامُكَ كَالْعَسَل
Your speech is like honey.
- Explanation
- The simile feature is omitted, but the two comparison poles and the simile element remain overt. The expression is therefore still identifiable as Simile even though the shared attribute must be inferred. Likened-to: your speech. Likened: honey. Simile feature: omitted. Simile element: kāf.[1][2]
الطَّالِبُ كَالنَّهْر
The student is like a river.
- Explanation
- The simile feature is omitted, leaving multiple attributes — constancy, flow, nourishment — open to inference. Likened-to: the student. Likened: a river. Simile feature: omitted. Simile element: kāf.
SIMILE-CF: Confirmed Simile (al-tashbīh al-muʾakkad)
A simile in which the simile element (adāt al-tashbīh) is omitted, while the comparison remains recoverable from the relation between the two comparison poles.[1][2]
يَمْشِي الطِّفْلُ مَشْيَ السُّلْحَفَاة
The child's walk is that of a tortoise.
- Explanation
- The simile element is omitted, but the comparison remains identifiable from the relation between the child and the tortoise. This demonstrates that an overt comparison marker is not required for Simile. Likened-to: the child. Likened: a tortoise. Simile feature: slowness (implied). Simile element: omitted.[2]
زَيْدٌ أَسَدٌ فِي الشَّجَاعَةِ
Zayd is a lion in courage.
- Explanation
- The simile element is omitted, but the simile feature (courage) is explicitly stated. This distinguishes the expression from an Effective Simile (al-tashbīh al-balīgh), in which both the simile element and the simile feature are omitted. Likened-to: Zayd. Likened: a lion. Simile feature: courage (stated). Simile element: omitted.
SIMILE-EF: Effective Simile (al-tashbīh al-balīgh)
A simile in which both the simile element and the simile feature are omitted, producing a surface form of identity while the comparison remains analytically recoverable.[1][2][4][7]
فَأَنْتَ شَمْسٌ وَالْمُلُوكُ كَوَاكِبُ
You are the sun, and the kings are stars.
- Explanation
- Both the simile element and the simile feature are omitted. The comparison takes the surface form of an identity statement ("you are the sun") while remaining recoverable as a comparison. Because no single feature is named, multiple possible attributes of the sun — brilliance, centrality, unrivalled rank — remain available for inference by the addressee. This is the most compressed form of simile. Likened-to: the addressee. Likened: the sun. Simile feature: omitted. Simile element: omitted.[1][2]
الطَّالِبُ نَهْرٌ
The student is a river.
- Explanation
- Both the simile element and the simile feature are omitted. The student is identified with the river without qualification, leaving the relevant shared attribute to be inferred from context. Likened-to: the student. Likened: a river. Simile feature: omitted. Simile element: omitted.
The effective simile superficially resembles a metaphor (istiʿāra) because both take the surface form "X is Y." The distinction depends on recoverability: in the effective simile both the likened-to and the likened remain present in the expression and the comparison can be analytically restored; in metaphor one term fully substitutes for the other and the original term is absent. The two devices are distinguished as follows:
- In the effective simile the comparison remains analytically recoverable — the statement can be paraphrased as "X is like Y in respect of Z"
- In metaphor one term is fully substituted for the other and the original term is absent — the comparison structure is no longer recoverable
- Simile: "You are the sun" → recoverable as "you are like the sun in brilliance / dominance"
- Metaphor: the original term (e.g. "the king") is absent and "sun" stands in its place entirely
SIMILE-IP: Implicit Simile (al-tashbīh al-ḍimnī)
A simile in which no standard simile structure is used and the comparison is embedded within a statement that functions as a logical proof or illustration, recoverable only by analysis.[2][4][8]
وَمَنْ يَهُنْ يَسْهُلُ الْهَوَانُ عَلَيْهِ — مَا لِجُرْحِ الْمَيِّتِ إِيلَامُ
For one who accepts humiliation, humiliation becomes easy — a wound does not pain the dead.
- Explanation
- The comparison is not expressed in a standard simile construction. The first proposition describes the person who has become accustomed to humiliation, while the second presents the dead body that cannot feel a wound as an analogous case supporting that proposition. The comparison between the two is recoverable only by analysis. Likened-to: the one who accepts humiliation. Likened: a dead body. Simile feature: insensitivity to injury or humiliation (implied). Simile element: absent.[2]
لَا يَثْبُتُ الْعِلْمُ فِي قَلْبِ الْغَافِلِ — فَالنَّقْشُ عَلَى الْمَاءِ لَا يَبْقَى
Knowledge does not remain in the heart of the inattentive — an engraving on water does not endure.
- Explanation
- The comparison is not expressed in a standard simile construction. The second proposition provides an analogous case supporting the first: knowledge failing to remain in an inattentive mind is implicitly compared to an engraving failing to remain on water. The comparison is therefore recoverable only by analysis. Likened-to: knowledge in the inattentive mind. Likened: an engraving on water. Simile feature: inability to retain an impression (implied). Simile element: absent.
Comparison of Simile Types
The following comparison uses a single controlled scenario to show how the linguistic form of a Simile can change while the underlying comparison remains identifiable. The examples are an editorial pedagogical aid rather than a classical taxonomic scheme.
| Form | Arabic Example | English Gloss | Simile element | Simile feature | Identification point |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Detailed (mufaṣṣal) | الطَّالِبُ كَالنَّهْرِ فِي الاسْتِمْرَارِ |
The student is like a river in its constancy. | Present | Present | All four structural components are overt. |
| Synopsis (mujmal) | الطَّالِبُ كَالنَّهْرِ |
The student is like a river. | Present | Omitted | The shared feature can be inferred. |
| Confirmed (muʾakkad) | الطَّالِبُ نَهْرٌ فِي الاسْتِمْرَارِ |
The student is a river in constancy. | Omitted | Present | An overt comparison marker is not required. |
| Effective (balīgh) | الطَّالِبُ نَهْرٌ |
The student is a river. | Omitted | Omitted | Both comparison poles remain present despite maximum compression. |
Additional Types
Classical Arabic rhetorical sources classify similes according to several additional structural and semantic considerations.[1][4][6][8]
The following distinctions provide additional ways of describing an identified Simile, but are not foregrounded as annotation units in this Encyclopedia because they do not materially alter the identification of the underlying comparison. They may overlap with the types described above.
| Classification | Arabic Example | English Gloss | Analytical significance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Unrestricted simile (al-tashbīh al-mursal) | اَلْكِتَابُ مِثْلُ الصَّدِيق |
The book is like a friend.[1] | The simile element is explicitly stated.[1][4][6][2] |
الْعِلْمُ كَالنُّورِ يُضِيءُ الطَّرِيق |
Knowledge is like the light which illuminates the way | ||
| Single-feature simile (mufrad) | خَدَّيْكِ كَالْوَرْدَة |
Your cheeks are like the rose.[1] | The comparison rests on a single shared feature which links the two ends of the simile.[1] |
وَجْهُهُ كَالْقَمَر |
His face is like the moon. | ||
| Multiple-feature simile (mutaʿaddid) | سَالِمٌ كَوَالِدِهِ أَخْلَاقًا وَمَشْيًا وَطُولًا وَصَوْتًا |
Sālim is like his father in manners, gait, height, and voice.[1] | Several separable shared features contribute to the comparison.[1][2] |
هَذَا الرَّئِيسُ كَسَابِقِهِ فِي الْكَذِبِ وَالْفَسَادِ وَالْجَهْلِ وَالرِّيَاء |
This president is like his predecessor in lying, corruption, ignorance, and hypocrisy. | ||
| Composite simile (murakkab) | النُّجُومُ كَفَقَاعَاتِ الْمَاء |
The stars are like water bubbles.[1] | The basis of comparison forms a composite image rather than a single separable feature.[1][2][4][5][10] |
أَنْتَ كَالْمُسْتَجِيرِ مِنَ الظُّلْمِ بِفِرْعَوْن |
You are like one who seeks refuge from injustice by going to Pharaoh. | ||
| Perceptible–Perceptible (ḥissiyyān) | شَعْرُ لَيْلَى كَاللَّيْلِ |
Laylā's hair is like the night.[1] | Both comparison poles are perceptible through the senses.[1][6][8] |
صَوْتُهَا كَالْعَنْدَلِيب |
Her voice is like a nightingale. | ||
| Cognitive–Cognitive (ʿaqliyyān) | الْعِلْمُ كَالْحَيَاةِ |
Knowledge is like life.[1] | Both comparison poles are intelligible rather than sensory.[1][6][8] |
الْجَهْلُ كَالْمَوْت |
Ignorance is like death. | ||
| Cognitive–Perceptible (ʿaqlī wa-ḥissī) | آرَاؤُكُمْ كَظَلَامِ اللَّيْلِ |
Your ideas are like the darkness of the night.[1] | The likened-to is cognitive while the likened is perceptible.[1][6][8] |
الْقَنَاعَةُ حَلَاوَةٌ كَالْعَسَل |
Contentedness is a sweetness like honey. | ||
| Perceptible–Cognitive (ḥissī wa-ʿaqlī) | صَوْتُكِ أَمَلٌ |
Your voice is hope.[1] | The likened-to is perceptible while the likened is cognitive.[1] |
هَذِهِ الْمُوسِيقَى كَالسَّعَادَة |
This music is like happiness. | ||
| Explicit simile (al-tashbīh al-ṣarīḥ) | الْحَيَاةُ كَالسَّفَرِ — تَبْدَأُ وَتَنْتَهِي |
Life is like a journey — it begins and it ends. | The comparison is directly expressed rather than recovered implicitly from the discourse.[2][4] |
| Reverse simile (al-tashbīh al-maqlūb) | كَأَنَّ ضَوْءَ الصَّبَاحِ جَبِينُهُ |
It is as though the light of morning is his forehead.[4][11] | The conventional direction of comparison is reversed, making the usual standard of comparison the likened-to, so as to imply that the likened surpasses the likened-to.[4][11][7] |
الْبَدْرُ كَوَجْهِهَا فِي الْإِشْرَاقِ |
The full moon is like her face in radiance. | ||
| Imaginary simile (al-tashbīh al-wahamiyy) | أَسْنَانُهَا كَأَنْيَابِ الْغُولِ فِي الْبَأْس |
Her teeth are like the fangs of a ghoul in their ferocity.[1][2] | The likened is mentally imagined rather than an externally perceptible referent.[1][2] |
رَأْسُهُ كَرَأْسِ الشَّيْطَان |
His head is like the devil's head. |
Compound Devices with Simile
Some source-attested configurations of Simile combine the comparison operation of Simile with an additional independent Linguistic Operation. In accordance with the Encyclopedia's atomicity principle, these configurations are analysed as compounds of their constituent rhetorical devices rather than as atomic subtypes of Simile.
Folded Simile (al-tashbīh al-malfūf)
Classical sources describe al-tashbīh al-malfūf as a configuration in which multiple likened-to terms are first presented together, followed by their corresponding likened terms.[4][6]
The Encyclopedia analyses this as a compound configuration of Simile and Parallel/Ordered Folding and Unfolding (FOLDING-OU). Simile establishes the individual comparison relations, while Folding and Unfolding groups the first set of comparison poles and subsequently supplies the corresponding second set in matching order.
- Structure
A₁ + A₂ + A₃ → B₁ + B₂ + B₃
The addressee reconstructs the comparison pairings A₁:B₁, A₂:B₂, and A₃:B₃.
Equalised Simile (tashbīh al-taswiya)
In tashbīh al-taswiya, multiple likened-to terms share a single likened term.[4][6]
The Encyclopedia analyses this as a compound configuration of Simile and Syntactic Grouping. Simile establishes the comparison relation, while Syntactic Grouping brings several likened-to terms together under the same comparison judgement.
- Structure
A₁ + A₂ + A₃ → B
The ungrouped propositions could be expressed independently as “A₁ is like B”, “A₂ is like B”, and “A₃ is like B”; the compound configuration brings them together under one shared comparison.
Collected Simile (tashbīh al-jamʿ)
In tashbīh al-jamʿ, a single likened-to term is compared with multiple likened terms.[4][6]
The Encyclopedia analyses this as a compound configuration of Simile and Syntactic Grouping. Simile establishes the comparison relations, while Syntactic Grouping brings several standards of comparison together under the same judgement.
- Structure
A → B₁ + B₂ + B₃
The ungrouped propositions could be expressed independently as “A is like B₁”, “A is like B₂”, and “A is like B₃”; the compound configuration combines the several comparison standards within one expression.
Multiple-Feature Simile (al-tashbīh al-mutaʿaddid)
A Multiple-Feature Simile brings several separable shared features into a single comparison.[1]
The Encyclopedia analyses this as a compound configuration of Simile and Syntactic Grouping. Simile establishes the relation between the two comparison poles, while Syntactic Grouping brings several comparison judgements together by applying multiple shared features to the same pair.
- Structure
A ≈ B in C₁ + C₂ + C₃
For example, “Sālim is like his father in manners, gait, height, and voice” can be expanded into the independent propositions “Sālim is like his father in manners”, “Sālim is like his father in gait”, “Sālim is like his father in height”, and “Sālim is like his father in voice”. The compound expression groups these comparison judgements into a single construction.
Different From
- METAPH: Metaphor — Simile and Metaphor may share the same surface form when the simile element and simile feature are omitted, as in the Effective Simile (al-tashbīh al-balīgh). In such cases, the distinction depends on recoverability: if the comparison can still be analytically restored (“X is like Y in respect of Z”), the expression remains Simile; if one term fully substitutes for the other and the original term is absent, it is Metaphor (istiʿāra).[3][5][4]
- Analogical metaphor (al-istiʿāra al-tamthīliyya) — Both Simile and Analogical Metaphor may involve composite situations or relational patterns. The distinction is not therefore between a comparison of single terms and a comparison of complex structures. In Simile, the two comparison poles remain expressed or analytically recoverable as distinct poles. In Analogical Metaphor, an entire proposition or scenario is transferred to another situation which is not itself expressed and must be inferred from context. The resemblance therefore operates through propositional substitution rather than an overt or recoverable comparison between two stated situations.[3][10]
Research Applications of Simile
- This definition of Simile used in the Encyclopedia of Arabic Rhetoric has been operationalised in the Arabic Metaphor Identification Procedure (AraMIP), a two-stage procedure for identifying and annotating Metaphor, Simile, and Implicit Reference in Arabic text.[12]
See Also
Notes
- The term wajh al-tashbīh (wajh al-tashbīh) is rendered throughout as simile feature. It is also translated in secondary literature as "ground of similarity" or "point of resemblance." The choice of "simile feature" follows the convention of Abdul-Raof (2006).
- The term ʾadāt al-tashbīh (ʾadāt al-tashbīh) is rendered as simile element. It is also referred to in some sources as the "simile particle" or "simile instrument." ʿAkkāwī (1996, p. 51) distinguishes three types of simile instrument: particles (ḥarf, principally الكاف and كأنّ), nouns (ism, such as مثل، شبه، مثيل), and verbs (fiʿl, such as يشبه، يحاكي، يماثل).[13]
- The terms mufrad and murakkab are used differently across sources. In Abdul-Raof (2006), mufrad designates a simile with a single simile feature. In Nāṣif (pp. 87–88), mufrad and murakkab designate the structural simplicity or complexity of the two ends of the simile (طرفا التشبيه) — that is, whether each term is a single entity or a composite image — which is a distinct dimension from the number of features.[6]
- Al-Mubārrad's classification of similes into four grades based on the aptness of the comparison - exaggerated (mufriṭ), apt (muṣīb), close (muqārib), and remote (baʿīd) - assesses the quality of the match between the two ends of the simile, rather than the mechanism by which the simile operates.[7] It therefore falls outside the mechanism-first typology of this encyclopedia, and is not included.
- Effective simile is considered to be the highest-ranking form of simile in terms of eloquence and expressive force.[7]
References
- ↑ a b c d e f g h i j k l m n o p q r s t u v w x y z aa ab ac ad ae af ag Hussein Abdul-Raof, Arabic Rhetoric: A Pragmatic Analysis (Oxford: Routledge, 2006), 198-209, ISBN 9780415386098. DOI: 10.4324/9780203965399
- ↑ a b c d e f g h i j k l m n o p q r s t u v w Ayman Amin Abd Al-Ghani, Al-Kāfī fī al-Balāgha: Al-Bayān, wa al-Badiʿ wa al-Maʿānī (Cairo: Dār al-Tawfīqiyya lil-Turāth, 2011), 42-64.
- ↑ a b c W. P. Heinrichs, ‘Rhetorical Figures’, in Encyclopedia of Arabic Literature, ed. Julie Scott Meisami and Paul Starkey (London: Routledge, 1998), 661-662, ISBN 0415068088. DOI: 10.4324/9780203020425
- ↑ a b c d e f g h i j k l m n o p q r s Aḥmad al-Hāshimī, Jawāhir al-Balāgha fī al-Maʿānī wa-al-Bayān wa-al-Badīʿ (Windsor: Hindāwī Foundation, 2019), 249–296, ISBN 9781527316386.
- ↑ a b c d e f g h Inʿām Fawwāl ʿAkkāwī, Al-Muʿjam al-Mufaṣṣal fī ʿUlūm al-Balāgha: Al-Badīʿ wa-al-Bayān wa-al-Maʿānī (Beirut: Dār al-Kutub al-ʿIlmiyya, 1996), 322-356.
- ↑ a b c d e f g h i j k l m n o p q r s t u Ḥafnī Nāṣif, Muḥammad Diyāb, Sultan Muḥammad and Muṣṭafā Ṭammām, [ Durūs al-Balāgha] (Beirut: Dār Ibn Ḥazm, 2012), 83-92, ISBN 9786144162798.
- ↑ a b c d e f g h i j k l m ʿAbd al-ʿAzīz ʿAtīq, ʿIlm al-Bayān (Cairo: Dār al-Āfāq al-ʿArabiyya, 2006), 41-92, ISBN 977344077X.
- ↑ a b c d e f g h Faḍl Ḥasan ʿAbbās, Al-Balāgha: Funūnuhā wa-Afnānuhā - ʿIlm al-Bayān wa-al-Badīʿ (Amman: Dār al-Furqān lil-Nashr wa-al-Tawzīʿ, 2007), 17-121.
- ↑ a b Ayman Amin Abd Al-Ghani, Al-Kāfī fī al-Balāgha: Al-Bayān, wa al-Badiʿ wa al-Maʿānī (Cairo: Dār al-Tawfīqiyya lil-Turāth, 2011), 46.
- ↑ a b Inʿām Fawwāl ʿAkkāwī, Al-Muʿjam al-Mufaṣṣal fī ʿUlūm al-Balāgha: Al-Badīʿ wa-al-Bayān wa-al-Maʿānī (Beirut: Dār al-Kutub al-ʿIlmiyya, 1996), 424.
- ↑ a b Basil Hatim, Arabic Rhetoric: The Pragmatics of Deviation from Linguistic Norms, LINCOM Studies in Communication 04 (Munich: Lincom Europa, 2010), 54-56, ISBN 9783929075731.
- ↑ Mandar Marathe, Manar Ali, Sara Nabhani, Raia Abu Ahmad, Ibrahim Baroud, Omar Abdelmomen Amin Hassan, ‘AraMIP: Extending MIPVU Towards Metaphor Identification in Arabic’, Forthcoming in Proceedings of The Fourth Arabic Natural Language Processing Conference (ArabicNLP 2026).
- ↑ Inʿām Fawwāl ʿAkkāwī, Al-Muʿjam al-Mufaṣṣal fī ʿUlūm al-Balāgha: Al-Badīʿ wa-al-Bayān wa-al-Maʿānī (Beirut: Dār al-Kutub al-ʿIlmiyya, 1996), 51-52.
Page History
- 2026-02-10 - Migration to Semantic Device Identifiers: Renamed from B-1: Simile to SIMILE: Simile.
- 2025-11-20 - Page incorporated into the Arabic Rhetorical Device Taxonomy (v0.1.1).
- 2024-04-22 - Page created: Simile.
