LessonsThe Dimyāṭī Maqāmah: Abū Ḥabīb’s Poetic ReplyQuiz

«وَلَسْتُ بِالْمُوجِبِ حَقًّا لِمَنْ / لَا يُوجِبُ الْحَقَّ عَلَى نَفْسِهِ»
I do not impose an obligation for someone who does not acknowledge obligations upon himself.

Awjaba means to make binding. The active participle al-mūjib and the imperfect yūjib produce both a sound pattern and a conceptual parallel.

This is the speaker's uncompromising position, not a universal rule abolishing legal or religious rights. Its immediate context is mutual expectations in companionship, where one party demands much but accepts no responsibility.

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Rights and obligations in the poem

The Dimyāṭī Maqāmah: Abū Ḥabīb’s Poetic Reply

«وَلَسْتُ بِالْمُوجِبِ حَقًّا لِمَنْ / لَا يُوجِبُ الْحَقَّ عَلَى نَفْسِهِ»
I do not impose an obligation for someone who does not acknowledge obligations upon himself.

Awjaba means to make binding. The active participle al-mūjib and the imperfect yūjib produce both a sound pattern and a conceptual parallel.

This is the speaker's uncompromising position, not a universal rule abolishing legal or religious rights. Its immediate context is mutual expectations in companionship, where one party demands much but accepts no responsibility.