«تَبًّا لَهُ مِنْ خَادِعٍ مُذَاقِقٍ، أَصْفَرَ ذِي وَجْهَيْنِ كَالْمُنَافِقِ»
Away with that deceiving yellow thing, two-faced as a hypocrite!
Aṣfar points to gold’s yellow colour; dhī wajhayn makes the coin appear double-faced. Ka-l-munāfiq is an explicit simile comparing it to a morally duplicitous person.
This is satirical personification, not a literal moral agency possessed by metal. Its ethical force concerns the human conduct and temptations associated with wealth.
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The Dīnārī Maqāmah: The Second Dinar and Abū Zayd’s Unmasking
«تَبًّا لَهُ مِنْ خَادِعٍ مُذَاقِقٍ، أَصْفَرَ ذِي وَجْهَيْنِ كَالْمُنَافِقِ»
Away with that deceiving yellow thing, two-faced as a hypocrite!
Aṣfar points to gold’s yellow colour; dhī wajhayn makes the coin appear double-faced. Ka-l-munāfiq is an explicit simile comparing it to a morally duplicitous person.
This is satirical personification, not a literal moral agency possessed by metal. Its ethical force concerns the human conduct and temptations associated with wealth.