أَنَا السَّرُوجِيُّ وَهَذَا وَلَدِي
I am al-Sarūjī, and this is my son.
The supposed adversaries are revealed as related collaborators. Their own admission converts the courtroom image of two conflicting interests into that of a joint undertaking.
The surprise changes the status of earlier speeches. What the judge heard as opposing pleas now appears as a coordinated performance. The force of the revelation lies in the admitted relationship and false dispute, not in the elegance of the verses that preceded it.