The “Eloquent Simile” is a type of simile that has a profound impact on the audience. It is an effective rhetorical style that captivates both the ears and the hearts. In this form of expression, the speaker equates the "likened" with the "likened to," even though, in reality, the "likened to" is stronger than the "likened." However, in this simile, the "likened to" is made equal to the "likened" with the claim that they are indeed the same, which is clearly a significant exaggeration and a highly impactful style. This type of simile has been extensively used in the Qur'an, Hadith, and the speech of the Arabs, and its influence and eloquence cannot be denied. Anyone with even a basic understanding of Arabic can sense the charm of this rhetorical style.

1.    Muhammad Bin Ismaeel, Al-Sahīh, (Karachi: Maktaba Al-Bushra, 2012), 1:379.

2.    ibid, 2: 221

3.    Ali Al-Jarim, Al-Balāghh al-Wāzeha, (Karachi: Maktaba Al-Bushra, 2010), 240

4.    Al-Syed Ahmad Al-Hashmi, Javāhir Al-Balāghah, (Comp.) Yousaf Al-Samili, (Al-Maktaba Al-Asaria), 247.

5.    Lowais Ma'loof, Al-Munjid fī al-Balāghah, (Beruit: Dar- Al Mashriq), 372.

6.    Fazal Hasan Abbas, Al-Balāghah Fanūnehā wa Afnānihā, (Dar al-Furqan Lilnashar wa al-Tauzih, 2006), 17.

7.    Muhammad Bin Saleh al-Asemeen, Sharah al-Balāghah Min Kitāb Qava'id al-Lughah al-Arabia, (Mua'ssasah al-sheikh Muhammad Bin Saleh al-Asemeen, al-Kahiria), 229.

8.    Ali Al-Jarim, Al-Balāghh al-Wāzeha, 30.

9.    Ibn Abdullah Ahmad Shoaib, Bahūs Manhajia fī Ulūm Al-Lughah al-Arabia, (Dar Ibn-e Hazm Liltiba'at walnashar waltuzieh, 2008), 47.

10. Ali Al-Jarim, Al-Balāghh al-Wāzeha, 25.

11. Muslim Bin Hajaj, Sahīh Al-Mūslim, (Dar al-Hazarah Lilnashar Waltuzeh), 1: 203.

12.  Fazal Hasan Abbas, Al-Balāghah Fanūnehā wa Afnānihā, 58.

13. Sharaf al-Deen al-Husain Bin Muhammad al-Taibee, Sharah Al-Taibī 'Ala Mishkāt al-Masābīh, (Burit, Labnan, Dar al-Kutab al-Ilmia), 2:4.

14.  ibid, 2:4.

15. Surah Al-Baqarh, 2: 5.

16. Abdul Qahir al-Jurjani, Asrār al-Balāghah, (Dar al-Matubu'at Liltiba'at al-nashar wa al-Tauzeh), 143.

17. Al-Imam Abu Zakaria Yahya Bin Sharaf Al-Naovi, Al-Arbā'un a-Naovī, (Dar Al-Islam al-Nashar wa al-Tauzeh), H:29, P51.

18. Sharaf al-Deen al-Husain Bin Muhammad al-Taibee, Al-Tibyān fī al-Bayān, (Kuait: Zat al-Salasil Liltiba'at wa al-Nashar, 1986), 442.

19.  Ahmad Matloob, Al-Balāghah wa al-Tatbīq, (Egypt: Wazarat al-Taleem al-Aali), 291.

20.  Ali Al-Jarim, Al-Balāghh al-Wāzeha, 156.

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