«فَهَلْ مِنْ حُرٍّ آسٍ أَوْ سَمْحٍ مُوَاسٍ؟»
Is there then any honourable comforter or generous helper?
Ḥurr suggests nobility of character, āsin someone who consoles, samḥ a generous person, and muwāsin a person who shares another’s hardship.
Having stirred the audience through images of suffering, the speaker now asks for assistance. The paired words create an audible link while signalling two closely related acts: sympathy and practical support.
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The Dīnārī Maqāmah: From Hunger to a Dinar’s Praise
«فَهَلْ مِنْ حُرٍّ آسٍ أَوْ سَمْحٍ مُوَاسٍ؟»
Is there then any honourable comforter or generous helper?
Ḥurr suggests nobility of character, āsin someone who consoles, samḥ a generous person, and muwāsin a person who shares another’s hardship.
Having stirred the audience through images of suffering, the speaker now asks for assistance. The paired words create an audible link while signalling two closely related acts: sympathy and practical support.