«وَاللَّهِ مَا بَرَّةٌ بِعُرْسِي / وَلَا لِيَ ابْنٌ بِهِ اكْتَنَيْتُ»
By God, Barra is not my wife, nor do I have a son after whom I took my kunya.
ʿUrs here means wife; iktanaytu means to take a kunya, a name formed with “Abū” or “Umm.” This is the explicit reversal of the previous level’s family narrative.
The young man had reported the names Zayd and Barra. Abū Zayd built a paternal identity around those details. He now admits that the supposed family link was a fabrication.
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The Kūfan Maqāmah: The Lost-Son Secret and Abū Zayd’s Final Ruse
«وَاللَّهِ مَا بَرَّةٌ بِعُرْسِي / وَلَا لِيَ ابْنٌ بِهِ اكْتَنَيْتُ»
By God, Barra is not my wife, nor do I have a son after whom I took my kunya.
ʿUrs here means wife; iktanaytu means to take a kunya, a name formed with “Abū” or “Umm.” This is the explicit reversal of the previous level’s family narrative.
The young man had reported the names Zayd and Barra. Abū Zayd built a paternal identity around those details. He now admits that the supposed family link was a fabrication.