وَادَّعَى أَنَّهُ طَالَمَا نَظَمَ دُرَّةً إِلَى دُرَّةٍ فَبَاعَهُمَا بِبَدْرَةٍ
He claimed that he often strung pearl to pearl and sold the pair for a large sum.
The wife describes the husband’s claimed expertise and lucrative earnings. Her account conveys disappointed expectations, but in court it remains one party’s representation until the other side responds.
The pairing durrah / badrah gives the boast about earnings a memorable verbal shape. Its literary brilliance helps communicate the complaint; it does not settle the husband’s actual occupation or the circumstances of the couple’s losses. The narrative deliberately creates a need for a reply.