«أَوْ يُنْقِذُكَ مَالُكَ حِينَ تُوبِقُكَ أَعْمَالُكَ؟»
Will your wealth save you when your deeds bring you to ruin?
Māluka / aʿmāluka are close in sound but opposite in moral relevance: possessions and conduct. The sentence invites the listener to test the protective value of one against the consequence of the other.
This is a rhetorical question, not a request for information. Its interrogative form confronts the addressee personally, whereas a flat statement would carry less urgency.
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Rhetoric and Narrative Effect — Advanced Practicum Across Ten Maqāmāt
«أَوْ يُنْقِذُكَ مَالُكَ حِينَ تُوبِقُكَ أَعْمَالُكَ؟»
Will your wealth save you when your deeds bring you to ruin?
Māluka / aʿmāluka are close in sound but opposite in moral relevance: possessions and conduct. The sentence invites the listener to test the protective value of one against the consequence of the other.
This is a rhetorical question, not a request for information. Its interrogative form confronts the addressee personally, whereas a flat statement would carry less urgency.