«فَقُلْتُ لَهُ: أَمْلِكْ، فَنَفَحْتُهُ بِالدِّينَارِ الثَّانِي»
I told him to take possession of it, and gave him the second dinar.
The second challenge is completed, and the narrator honours his offer. Amlik grants possession, while al-dīnār al-thānī distinguishes this reward from the first.
Once again the sequence is poetry followed by payment. The scene is not mainly about pricing a coin, but about rewarding a poet capable of extemporaneous compositions in contrary modes.
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The Dīnārī Maqāmah: The Second Dinar and Abū Zayd’s Unmasking
«فَقُلْتُ لَهُ: أَمْلِكْ، فَنَفَحْتُهُ بِالدِّينَارِ الثَّانِي»
I told him to take possession of it, and gave him the second dinar.
The second challenge is completed, and the narrator honours his offer. Amlik grants possession, while al-dīnār al-thānī distinguishes this reward from the first.
Once again the sequence is poetry followed by payment. The scene is not mainly about pricing a coin, but about rewarding a poet capable of extemporaneous compositions in contrary modes.