«وَحَبَّذَا مَغْنَاتُهُ وَنُصْرَتُهُ»
How welcome its practical benefit and assistance!
«كَمْ أَمْرٍ بِهِ اسْتَتَبَّتْ إِمْرَتُهُ»
How many undertakings or authorities have been stabilized through it!
Maghnāh concerns usefulness or sufficiency; imrah relates to command and authority. Kam here is exclamatory and expresses abundance. The poet is praising the social influence of wealth, not stating that money must always produce good government.
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The Dīnārī Maqāmah: From Hunger to a Dinar’s Praise
«وَحَبَّذَا مَغْنَاتُهُ وَنُصْرَتُهُ»
How welcome its practical benefit and assistance!
«كَمْ أَمْرٍ بِهِ اسْتَتَبَّتْ إِمْرَتُهُ»
How many undertakings or authorities have been stabilized through it!
Maghnāh concerns usefulness or sufficiency; imrah relates to command and authority. Kam here is exclamatory and expresses abundance. The poet is praising the social influence of wealth, not stating that money must always produce good government.