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«وَآلَ بِنَا الدَّهْرُ الْمُوقِعُ وَالْفَقْرُ الْمُدْقِعُ»
Crushing circumstances and grinding poverty brought us to this condition.

Āla binā means to bring us to a particular outcome. Al-mūqiʿ suggests something that causes a fall or calamity, while al-mudqiʿ describes devastating destitution.

The pair shares a forceful sound pattern and presents time and poverty as overwhelming agencies. By now the speech has moved in order from former prosperity through repeated loss to extreme personal deprivation.

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Time and poverty as overwhelming forces

The Dīnārī Maqāmah: A Stranger in a Literary Gathering

«وَآلَ بِنَا الدَّهْرُ الْمُوقِعُ وَالْفَقْرُ الْمُدْقِعُ»
Crushing circumstances and grinding poverty brought us to this condition.

Āla binā means to bring us to a particular outcome. Al-mūqiʿ suggests something that causes a fall or calamity, while al-mudqiʿ describes devastating destitution.

The pair shares a forceful sound pattern and presents time and poverty as overwhelming agencies. By now the speech has moved in order from former prosperity through repeated loss to extreme personal deprivation.