«وَلَبِثْنَا عَلَى ذَلِكَ بُرْهَةً»
We continued in this condition for a while.
«لِي كُلَّ يَوْمٍ نُزْهَةً، وَيَدْرَأُ عَنْ قَلْبِي شُبْهَةً»
Every day he provided me some pleasure and drove a doubt from my heart.
The companionship combines recreation with clarification. Nuzhah conveys enjoyment; the removal of a shubhah suggests clearing away a troubling question. Abū Zayd is valued as both an entertaining and intellectually useful companion.
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The Ḥulwān Maqāmah: Companionship, Poverty, and Parting
«وَلَبِثْنَا عَلَى ذَلِكَ بُرْهَةً»
We continued in this condition for a while.
«لِي كُلَّ يَوْمٍ نُزْهَةً، وَيَدْرَأُ عَنْ قَلْبِي شُبْهَةً»
Every day he provided me some pleasure and drove a doubt from my heart.
The companionship combines recreation with clarification. Nuzhah conveys enjoyment; the removal of a shubhah suggests clearing away a troubling question. Abū Zayd is valued as both an entertaining and intellectually useful companion.