LessonsThe Dīnārī Maqāmah: From Hunger to a Dinar’s PraiseQuiz

«وَحَقِّ مَوْلًى أَبْدَعَتْهُ فِطْرَتُهُ»
By the Lord whose creative power brought it into being!

«لَوْلَا التُّقَى لَقُلْتُ جَلَّتْ قُدْرَتُهُ»
Were it not for reverence for God, I might have said that its power is exalted.

The closing lines deliberately approach the outer limit of panegyric, then introduce taqwā as a restraint. Praise of a created object must not become an attribution of divine status. The literary effect depends on tension between extreme flattery of the coin and an explicit religious boundary.

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The Dīnārī Maqāmah: From Hunger to a Dinar’s Praise

«وَحَقِّ مَوْلًى أَبْدَعَتْهُ فِطْرَتُهُ»
By the Lord whose creative power brought it into being!

«لَوْلَا التُّقَى لَقُلْتُ جَلَّتْ قُدْرَتُهُ»
Were it not for reverence for God, I might have said that its power is exalted.

The closing lines deliberately approach the outer limit of panegyric, then introduce taqwā as a restraint. Praise of a created object must not become an attribution of divine status. The literary effect depends on tension between extreme flattery of the coin and an explicit religious boundary.