Imruʾ al-Qays: Hair, Sensory Similes, and Enduring Love (Verses 35–42)

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• What does farʿ mean in verse 35?
• Which quality is emphasized by aswada fāḥim?
• What is the principal point of the date-cluster simile?
• Which body part is al-matn in yazīnu al-matn?
• What is the basic syntax of ghadāʾiruhu mustashzirāt?
• What condition does mustashzirāt describe?
• What contrast is conveyed by muthannā wa-mursal?
• What is the figurative force of taḍillu al-ʿiqāṣ?
• What is the comparison in ka-l-jadīl?
• What is the subject of the simile sāqin ka-unbūbi al-saqiyy?
• How do palm images differ between verses 35 and 37?
• What does fatīt al-misk mean?
• What does the intensive naʾūm convey?
• What grammatical effect does lam have on tantaṭiq?
• What social image does lam tantaṭiq ʿan tafaḍḍul suggest?
• What does wa-taʿṭū mean?
• What quality is denied by ghayri shathn?
• How should ẓaby be understood in asārīʿ ẓaby?
• What is masāwīk the plural of?
• What rhetorical contrast appears in tuḍīʾu al-ẓalām?
• What is the comparator in ka-annahā manāratu mumsā rāhib?
• What is the central sense of mutabattil?
• What is the grammatical role of al-ḥalīm in yarnū al-ḥalīm?
• Which inner condition does ṣabābatan convey?
• What do dirʿ and mijwal refer to here?
• What does isbakarrat chiefly convey?
• What is the sense of tasallat ʿamāyāt al-rijāl?
• What contrast is central to laysa fuʾādī ʿan hawāki bi-munsal?
• What function does bāʾ have in laysa ... bi-munsal?
• What is the overall literary progression of verses 35–42?