Baṭīʾin ʿani al-jullā sarīʿin ilā al-khanā attributes opposite responses to one man: he delays when responsibility is grave but hurries toward disgraceful talk or conduct.
The antithesis is not only between slow and quick; the two speeds are assigned to the wrong priorities. Dhalūl and mulahhad then continue the portrait of someone easily dominated by the will of others.