Fa-qṭaʿ is the imperative of qaṭaʿa, with an understood second-person subject. Lubānata is its direct object. The relative expression man taʿarraḍa waṣluhu identifies the person whose connection proves precarious.
In waṣluhu, waṣl is the first term of a genitive construction and -hu the attached possessive. The participles wāṣil and ṣarrām point in opposite directions: apparent joining versus actual cutting.
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Labīd ibn Rabīʿah: Severing Ties, Generosity and the Travel-Worn She-Camel (Verses 20–24)
Fa-qṭaʿ is the imperative of qaṭaʿa, with an understood second-person subject. Lubānata is its direct object. The relative expression man taʿarraḍa waṣluhu identifies the person whose connection proves precarious.
In waṣluhu, waṣl is the first term of a genitive construction and -hu the attached possessive. The participles wāṣil and ṣarrām point in opposite directions: apparent joining versus actual cutting.