وَهَلْ يَنْقُضُ مَا فِي الْمَهَارِقِ الْأَهْوَاءُ
Can desires undo what is in the written documents?
Hal introduces a question; yanquḍu is the imperfect verb; mā fī al-mahāriq is its object; and al-ahwāʾu is the delayed grammatical subject. This order matters: the alleged actor is desire, while the thing allegedly undone is the written covenant.
The interrogative carries a negative, argumentative force rather than a neutral request for information.
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al-Ḥārith ibn Ḥillizah: Ḥujr, Royal Kinship and the Dhū al-Majāz Covenant (verses 56–67)
وَهَلْ يَنْقُضُ مَا فِي الْمَهَارِقِ الْأَهْوَاءُ
Can desires undo what is in the written documents?
Hal introduces a question; yanquḍu is the imperfect verb; mā fī al-mahāriq is its object; and al-ahwāʾu is the delayed grammatical subject. This order matters: the alleged actor is desire, while the thing allegedly undone is the written covenant.
The interrogative carries a negative, argumentative force rather than a neutral request for information.