«تَبًّا لَهُ مِنْ خَادِعٍ مُذَاقِقٍ، أَصْفَرَ ذِي وَجْهَيْنِ كَالْمُنَافِقِ»
Perish this yellow deceiver with two faces, like a hypocrite!
The poet shifts the dinar from a praised prize to a two-faced deceiver. A physical quality of the coin is stretched into an ethical charge through personification and simile.
The object itself has not changed. The reversal demonstrates the versatility—and potential unreliability—of persuasive description when the speaker’s purpose changes.
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Rhetoric and Narrative Effect — Advanced Practicum Across Ten Maqāmāt
«تَبًّا لَهُ مِنْ خَادِعٍ مُذَاقِقٍ، أَصْفَرَ ذِي وَجْهَيْنِ كَالْمُنَافِقِ»
Perish this yellow deceiver with two faces, like a hypocrite!
The poet shifts the dinar from a praised prize to a two-faced deceiver. A physical quality of the coin is stretched into an ethical charge through personification and simile.
The object itself has not changed. The reversal demonstrates the versatility—and potential unreliability—of persuasive description when the speaker’s purpose changes.