مِيسَمِي الصَّوْنُ وَشِيمَتِي الْهَوْنُ وَخُلُقِي نِعْمَ الْعَوْنُ
Modesty is my mark, gentleness my habit, and helpfulness my disposition.
Al-ṣawn / al-hawn / al-ʿawn form a three-part cadence in the wife’s courtroom speech. They identify chastity or reserve, gentleness, and helpfulness as three separate virtues she claims for herself.
The accompanying first-person structures make these attributes elements of her self-description. Sajʿ gives the statement authority and fluency, but the eloquence of testimony must still be distinguished from independent verification of its content.