أَيَّدَ اللَّهُ الْقَاضِيَ وَأَدَامَ بِهِ التَّرَاضِي
May God support the judge and preserve harmony through him.
Al-qāḍī / al-tarāḍī rhyme. The complainant opens with an honorific prayer before speaking about her family and her predicament.
This is a rhetorical introduction: respect for the addressee precedes the appeal. Its elegance should not be confused with proof of the later allegations.
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The Alexandrian Maqāmah — A Traveler’s Ambition and a Complaint before the Judge
أَيَّدَ اللَّهُ الْقَاضِيَ وَأَدَامَ بِهِ التَّرَاضِي
May God support the judge and preserve harmony through him.
Al-qāḍī / al-tarāḍī rhyme. The complainant opens with an honorific prayer before speaking about her family and her predicament.
This is a rhetorical introduction: respect for the addressee precedes the appeal. Its elegance should not be confused with proof of the later allegations.