The vocabulary of the first two verses separates three ideas. Muʾayyad stresses the scale of a calamity, baghy alleges wrongful overreach, and mutaʿammid attributes intention.
They are not synonyms: the severity of damage, the character of an act, and the agent's intention answer different questions. Their combination intensifies the complainant's case, without turning the dramatic speech into a neutral legal judgment.
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Ṭarafah: The Camel Incident, Courage, and Self-Worth (Verses 89–97)
The vocabulary of the first two verses separates three ideas. Muʾayyad stresses the scale of a calamity, baghy alleges wrongful overreach, and mutaʿammid attributes intention.
They are not synonyms: the severity of damage, the character of an act, and the agent's intention answer different questions. Their combination intensifies the complainant's case, without turning the dramatic speech into a neutral legal judgment.