«فَمَا زَالَ بِهِ قُطُوبُ الْخُطُوبِ»
Grave calamities continued to confront him with a frowning face.
Mā zāla conveys continuation, suggesting sustained rather than momentary trouble. Quṭūb evokes a frown or severity, and khuṭūb denotes serious misfortunes.
The frowning face metaphor lends human features to hardship. It also marks the narrative’s pivot: the former catalogue of wealth gives way to a similarly patterned catalogue of losses.
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The Dīnārī Maqāmah: A Stranger in a Literary Gathering
«فَمَا زَالَ بِهِ قُطُوبُ الْخُطُوبِ»
Grave calamities continued to confront him with a frowning face.
Mā zāla conveys continuation, suggesting sustained rather than momentary trouble. Quṭūb evokes a frown or severity, and khuṭūb denotes serious misfortunes.
The frowning face metaphor lends human features to hardship. It also marks the narrative’s pivot: the former catalogue of wealth gives way to a similarly patterned catalogue of losses.