LessonsṬarafah: Mālik, Kinship Obligations, and Injustice from Relatives (Verses 68–78)Quiz

وَظُلْمُ ذَوِي الْقُرْبَى أَشَدُّ مَضَاضَةً
عَلَى الْمَرْءِ مِنْ وَقْعِ الْحُسَامِ الْمُهَنَّدِ
Meaning: Injustice inflicted by close relatives hurts a person more intensely than the blow of a sharp sword of Indian steel.

Dhawī al-qurbā are close relatives; maḍāḍah a deeply felt pain; waqʿ the impact of a blow; and al-ḥusām al-muhannad is a sharp sword associated with Indian steel. The comparative ashaddu ... min gives the conclusion its power: betrayal by one’s own family can wound more deeply than a bodily injury.

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Verse 78: the pain of injustice from kin

Ṭarafah: Mālik, Kinship Obligations, and Injustice from Relatives (Verses 68–78)

وَظُلْمُ ذَوِي الْقُرْبَى أَشَدُّ مَضَاضَةً
عَلَى الْمَرْءِ مِنْ وَقْعِ الْحُسَامِ الْمُهَنَّدِ
Meaning: Injustice inflicted by close relatives hurts a person more intensely than the blow of a sharp sword of Indian steel.

Dhawī al-qurbā are close relatives; maḍāḍah a deeply felt pain; waqʿ the impact of a blow; and al-ḥusām al-muhannad is a sharp sword associated with Indian steel. The comparative ashaddu ... min gives the conclusion its power: betrayal by one’s own family can wound more deeply than a bodily injury.