LessonsImruʾ al-Qays: A Guarded Tent, the Pleiades, Objection, and Dunes (Verses 23–29)Quiz

فَقَالَتْ يَمِينَ اللَّهِ مَا لَكَ حِيلَةٌ
وَمَا إِنْ أَرَى عَنْكَ الْغَوَايَةَ تَنْجَلِي
“She said: ‘By God, you have no way out or stratagem, and I do not see this errant passion of yours leaving you.’”

This is especially important because fa-qālat gives the woman direct speech. Yamīna Allāh is an oath; mā laka ḥīlah denies that he has a viable stratagem, while mā ... arā frames her negative judgment.

Al-ghawāyah here refers to wayward or reckless infatuation. The woman’s objection and disapproval should not be edited out or treated as simple cheerful agreement; the dialogue explicitly records resistance.

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Verse 27: the woman’s oath and objection

Imruʾ al-Qays: A Guarded Tent, the Pleiades, Objection, and Dunes (Verses 23–29)

فَقَالَتْ يَمِينَ اللَّهِ مَا لَكَ حِيلَةٌ
وَمَا إِنْ أَرَى عَنْكَ الْغَوَايَةَ تَنْجَلِي
“She said: ‘By God, you have no way out or stratagem, and I do not see this errant passion of yours leaving you.’”

This is especially important because fa-qālat gives the woman direct speech. Yamīna Allāh is an oath; mā laka ḥīlah denies that he has a viable stratagem, while mā ... arā frames her negative judgment.

Al-ghawāyah here refers to wayward or reckless infatuation. The woman’s objection and disapproval should not be edited out or treated as simple cheerful agreement; the dialogue explicitly records resistance.