Two antonyms appear together, such as “big” and “small.” The two words may be allegorical or non-allegorical.
Read more about Antithesis at The Encyclopedia of Arabic Rhetoric
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| 1 | ٱلظُّلُمَـاتِ إِلَى ٱلنُّورِ | Antithesis between opposites الظلمات and النور. | 1 | سورة إبراهيم، الآيتان 1 و2 Surah Ibrahim, Verses 1 & 2 |
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| 2 | ٱلظُّلُمَـاتِ إِلَى ٱلنُّورِ | There is a contrast between الظلمات which is plural versus النور which is singular. This contrast indicates that there are many types of darkness, but only one light. | 1 | سورة إبراهيم، الآيتان 1 و2 Surah Ibrahim, Verses 1 & 2 |
Qur'an |
| 3 | مَا فِى ٱلسَّمَـاوَاتِ وَمَا فِى ٱلْأَرْضِ | There is semantic contrast between السماوات and الأرض. | 1 | سورة إبراهيم، الآيتان 1 و2 Surah Ibrahim, Verses 1 & 2 |
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| 4 | لْكَاٰفِرِينَ | There is semantic contrast between إليك which refers to believers, and الكافرين, the disbelievers. | 1 | سورة إبراهيم، الآيتان 1 و2 Surah Ibrahim, Verses 1 & 2 |
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| 5 | عَذَابٍۢ | There is semantic contrast between النور and عذاب, the former for the believers and the latter for the disbelievers. | 1 | سورة إبراهيم، الآيتان 1 و2 Surah Ibrahim, Verses 1 & 2 |
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| 6 | عَذَابٍۢ | There is syntactic contrast between the grammatically definite النور and الظلمات and the grammatically indefinite عذابٍ. This rhetorically signals that the punishment (عذابٍ) is not only an unknown entity, but is is also an unlimited entity. | 1 | سورة إبراهيم، الآيتان 1 و2 Surah Ibrahim, Verses 1 & 2 |
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