«فَأَوَيْتُ لِمَفَاقِرِهِ وَلَوَيْتُ إِلَى اسْتِنْبَاطِ فَقْرِهِ»
I felt compassion for his needs, yet turned to investigating the reality of his poverty.
Awaitu conveys sympathy and concern. Istinbāṭ originally involves drawing out what is hidden; here it refers to probing beneath appearances.
The narrator displays two simultaneous attitudes: compassion and caution. His subsequent act is not merely a gift but a way of examining the stranger’s claim through literary skill.
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The Dīnārī Maqāmah: From Hunger to a Dinar’s Praise
«فَأَوَيْتُ لِمَفَاقِرِهِ وَلَوَيْتُ إِلَى اسْتِنْبَاطِ فَقْرِهِ»
I felt compassion for his needs, yet turned to investigating the reality of his poverty.
Awaitu conveys sympathy and concern. Istinbāṭ originally involves drawing out what is hidden; here it refers to probing beneath appearances.
The narrator displays two simultaneous attitudes: compassion and caution. His subsequent act is not merely a gift but a way of examining the stranger’s claim through literary skill.