«وَلَا اشْمَأَزَّ بَاخِلٌ مِنْ طَارِقِ، وَلَا شَكَا الْمَمْطُولُ مَطْلَ الْعَائِقِ»
No miser would recoil from a visitor, nor an unpaid claimant complain of the obstructive debtor’s delay.
Ishmaʾazza denotes shrinking away in distaste. Ṭāriq is one who comes calling; mamṭūl is the party whose rightful payment is delayed, and maṭl is procrastination in meeting a debt.
The paired examples describe two failures: refusing generosity and withholding what is already owed. The moral analysis extends beyond a private feeling to damaged social relations.