LessonsImruʾ al-Qays: Address to Fāṭimah, Parting, and the Arrows of the Eyes (Verses 19–22)Quiz

Sāʾat is a feminine singular perfect verb; its attached -ki is a second-person feminine object pronoun. Khalīqatun is a delayed, nominative, indefinite subject. The trait responsible for the displeasure is revealed at the clause’s end.

Minnī links that characteristic to the speaker. The resulting sense is “some quality of mine has displeased you”, not “you spoiled something belonging to me.”

WordGrammatical role
SāʾatFeminine singular perfect verb
-kiSecond-person feminine object suffix
MinnīPrepositional phrase linking the trait to the speaker
KhalīqatunDelayed nominative subject

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Sāʾatki minnī khalīqatun: subject and pronoun

Imruʾ al-Qays: Address to Fāṭimah, Parting, and the Arrows of the Eyes (Verses 19–22)

Sāʾat is a feminine singular perfect verb; its attached -ki is a second-person feminine object pronoun. Khalīqatun is a delayed, nominative, indefinite subject. The trait responsible for the displeasure is revealed at the clause’s end.

Minnī links that characteristic to the speaker. The resulting sense is “some quality of mine has displeased you”, not “you spoiled something belonging to me.”

WordGrammatical role
SāʾatFeminine singular perfect verb
-kiSecond-person feminine object suffix
MinnīPrepositional phrase linking the trait to the speaker
KhalīqatunDelayed nominative subject