Capstone Practicum — Integrated Close Reading of Ten Maqāmāt

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• What does ghārib contribute to the journey metaphor?
• What is principally criticized in the thawb/thawāb contrast?
• What distinguishes labistu from abghī?
• Which grammatical feature do mīṭat and nīṭat share?
• How should the pearls in the smile be interpreted?
• What does barq khullab warn against?
• In ṣafirat al-rāḥah, what does rāḥah mean?
• What is the evidentiary status of the dinar’s praise?
• What contrast is stated in taʿārajtu ... walākin?
• What is the specified ground of comparison with comb teeth?
• What is linked by uṣāfī and inṣāfī?
• Which construction provides restriction in mā lahu illā janā gharsihi?
• What kind of statement compares the moon to a silver amulet?
• How do bāb dār and ʿalā bidār differ?
• What is the function of li- in li-naqbiḍa ... li-nastanqiḍa?
• Who are the fursān al-barāʿah in this setting?
• How does idhā mā ishtabah limit the prohibition?
• What is the role of ḥarr in yuṭfiʾu ḥarra tabalbālī?
• What does al-taʿāmī mean here?
• What rhetorical device gives the needle a graceful figure?
• What is established by the judge’s ḥissī and ḥadsī?
• Whose account contains haḍm, khaḍm and qaḍm?
• What skill is claimed through silver becoming gold?
• What can immediately be concluded from fa-annā lī shāhid?
• Which two relations are contrasted in farkhī/fakhkhī?
• Ghārib al-ightirāb necessarily names an actual camel.
• Mīṭat and nīṭat are both passive forms.
• Mā ... illā can create a restrictive construction.
• The judge’s early suspicion alone conclusively proved the scheme.
• Farkhī/fakhkhī combines a true family tie with a deceptive scheme.