«فَقَالَ لِمَنْ يَلِيهِ: مَا الْكِتَابُ الَّذِي تَنْظُرُ فِيهِ؟»
He asked the man beside him, “What book are you reading?”
Man yalīh means someone seated next to him. Rather than delivering a public pronouncement, the visitor begins with the concrete text in his neighbour’s hands.
Tanẓuru fīh literally means “look into it,” and in this setting refers to reading or studying it.
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The Ḥulwān Maqāmah: A Literary Assembly and a Contest of Verse
«فَقَالَ لِمَنْ يَلِيهِ: مَا الْكِتَابُ الَّذِي تَنْظُرُ فِيهِ؟»
He asked the man beside him, “What book are you reading?”
Man yalīh means someone seated next to him. Rather than delivering a public pronouncement, the visitor begins with the concrete text in his neighbour’s hands.
Tanẓuru fīh literally means “look into it,” and in this setting refers to reading or studying it.