«وَفِرَاسَتِي فِرَاسَةُ إِيَاسٍ»
And my discernment was like that of Iyās.
Once the sermon concludes, the narrator approaches and looks carefully at the man’s face; suspicion becomes recognition. Firāsah is keen discernment from signs. Iyās is a figure proverbially associated with penetrating judgment in Arabic literary tradition, so the comparison underscores al-Ḥārith’s success.
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The Barqaʿīd Maqāmah: A Missing Slip, a Silver Coin and Abū Zayd Revealed
«وَفِرَاسَتِي فِرَاسَةُ إِيَاسٍ»
And my discernment was like that of Iyās.
Once the sermon concludes, the narrator approaches and looks carefully at the man’s face; suspicion becomes recognition. Firāsah is keen discernment from signs. Iyās is a figure proverbially associated with penetrating judgment in Arabic literary tradition, so the comparison underscores al-Ḥārith’s success.