«فَلَا تَثِقْ بِوَمِيضٍ مِنْ بَرْقِهِ فَهُوَ خُلَّبُ»
Do not trust the flash of its lightning, for it may be deceptive.
A bright flash may promise rain without delivering it. The image contrasts the attraction of an initial signal with the uncertain outcome it seems to announce.
The warning is not that every pleasant appearance must be false. It is that appearance alone is an insufficient warrant for expectation. Judgement must attend to evidence beyond the first gleam.
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Ethical Argument and Character Motivation — Critical Study of Ten Maqāmāt
«فَلَا تَثِقْ بِوَمِيضٍ مِنْ بَرْقِهِ فَهُوَ خُلَّبُ»
Do not trust the flash of its lightning, for it may be deceptive.
A bright flash may promise rain without delivering it. The image contrasts the attraction of an initial signal with the uncertain outcome it seems to announce.
The warning is not that every pleasant appearance must be false. It is that appearance alone is an insufficient warrant for expectation. Judgement must attend to evidence beyond the first gleam.