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«لِأَعْلَقَ مِنْهُ بِمَا يَكُونُ لِي زِينَةً بَيْنَ الْأَنَامِ»
So that I might acquire from it something that would adorn me among people.

The initial lām signals purpose: the pursuit of adab aims at acquiring something that adorns and distinguishes its learner. Aʿlaqa is a first-person imperfect used after a purposive lām, so its meaning is goal-directed.

Zīnah here refers to intellectual refinement rather than decoration. Bayna al-anām adds the social dimension. In translation explain the causal or purposive relation, instead of replacing a particle with a mechanical gloss.

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Lām of purpose and the pursuit of learning

Advanced Applied Practice — Grammar, Rhetoric, Context and Interpretation

«لِأَعْلَقَ مِنْهُ بِمَا يَكُونُ لِي زِينَةً بَيْنَ الْأَنَامِ»
So that I might acquire from it something that would adorn me among people.

The initial lām signals purpose: the pursuit of adab aims at acquiring something that adorns and distinguishes its learner. Aʿlaqa is a first-person imperfect used after a purposive lām, so its meaning is goal-directed.

Zīnah here refers to intellectual refinement rather than decoration. Bayna al-anām adds the social dimension. In translation explain the causal or purposive relation, instead of replacing a particle with a mechanical gloss.