The Dimyāṭī Maqāmah: Neighbours, Companions and Generous Conduct

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• What is being asked by «كَيْفَ حُكْمُ سِيرَتِكَ»?
• What does «جِيرَة» refer to?
• What does the second «جَارَ» mean?
• What is the main contrast between «wiṣāl» and «ṣāla»?
• Who is «al-khalīṭ» in the phrase?
• What does «al-takhlīṭ» mean?
• What is important about the two occurrences of «al-ḥamīm»?
• Which qualities are contrasted by «al-shafīq» and «al-shaqīq»?
• What does the first «al-ʿashīr» mean?
• What does the second «bi-l-ʿashīr» indicate?
• What does «astaqillu al-jazīl li-l-nazīl» express?
• How should «aghmuru al-zamīl bi-l-jamīl» be understood?
• What does the samīrī/amīrī comparison emphasize?
• Who is called «anīsī»?
• What distinguishes «maʿārifī» from «ʿawārifī»?
• What does the second «marāfiqī» denote?
• Who is «al-qālī»?
• What action is described by «udīmu tasāʾulī ʿan al-sālī»?
• What does accepting «al-liqāʾ» for «al-wafāʾ» suggest?
• What is the grammatical function of «aqall» in «aqall al-ajzāʾ»?
• What is the difference between «ataẓallamu» and «uẓlamu»?
• What is «al-arqam» here?
• What does «anqimu» concern in the passage?
• Which example most clearly illustrates complete jinās?
• Which grammatical form recurs throughout the long answer?
• What does the narrator know directly at this stage?
• «Al-jār» and «jāra» are both nouns with the same grammatical role.
• «Wa-arḍā mina al-wafāʾ bi-l-liqāʾ» claims contentment with a modest response.
• In the closing phrase, «al-arqam» refers to a religious book.