«وَأَوْدَى النَّاطِقُ وَالصَّامِتُ»
The speaking and silent forms of property alike were lost.
Nāṭiq and ṣāmit literally suggest speaking and silent things, but here they group kinds of property: animals and other valuables. The context is economic loss, not a room falling silent.
The phrase helps explain the speaker’s plea, yet it remains his account of loss. The exact amount and reasons for that loss are not contained in the paired words.
Applied question
What contextual division is expressed by al-nāṭiq wa-l-ṣāmit?