«وَإِنِّي لَأُخَالُ بَعْلَكِ صَدُوقًا فِي الْكَلَامِ بَرِيئًا مِنَ الْمَلَامِ»
I think your husband truthful in speech and free of blame.
Akhālu signals an opinion or assessment rather than certain knowledge. Baʿl means husband. The cadence of *kalām* and *malām* supports the judge’s measured reply.
The judge does not deny the woman’s distress. He sees the husband’s literary skill and poverty as reasons to interpret the disputed claim more sympathetically.
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The Alexandrian Maqāmah — The Judge’s Mercy, Abū Zayd’s Secret and Final Regret
«وَإِنِّي لَأُخَالُ بَعْلَكِ صَدُوقًا فِي الْكَلَامِ بَرِيئًا مِنَ الْمَلَامِ»
I think your husband truthful in speech and free of blame.
Akhālu signals an opinion or assessment rather than certain knowledge. Baʿl means husband. The cadence of *kalām* and *malām* supports the judge’s measured reply.
The judge does not deny the woman’s distress. He sees the husband’s literary skill and poverty as reasons to interpret the disputed claim more sympathetically.