أَوْ نَقَشْتُمْ فَالنَّقْشُ يَجْشَمُهُ النَّاسُ وَفِيهِ الْإِسْقَامُ وَالْإِبْرَاءُ
Meaning: If you pursue a searching inquiry into those old matters, the examination burdens people and may bring both harm and healing.
Naqashtum and al-naqsh repeat the same root to suggest detailed scrutiny. Yajshamuhu al-nās conveys the effort or burden people bear in conducting it.
Al-isqām wa-l-ibrāʾ joins illness and cure as opposites. An inquiry can expose harm while also clearing a person of blame.
Opening interactive controls...
al-Ḥārith ibn Ḥillizah: Royal Praise, Tribal Disputes and Memories of War (verses 27–36)
أَوْ نَقَشْتُمْ فَالنَّقْشُ يَجْشَمُهُ النَّاسُ وَفِيهِ الْإِسْقَامُ وَالْإِبْرَاءُ
Meaning: If you pursue a searching inquiry into those old matters, the examination burdens people and may bring both harm and healing.
Naqashtum and al-naqsh repeat the same root to suggest detailed scrutiny. Yajshamuhu al-nās conveys the effort or burden people bear in conducting it.
Al-isqām wa-l-ibrāʾ joins illness and cure as opposites. An inquiry can expose harm while also clearing a person of blame.