The Maʿarran Maqāmah — A Ruse Exposed and the Judge’s Warning

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• After the dinar dispute, what did the judge do for the youth?
• Who is addressed by ij tanibā?
• What is the main stylistic effect of muʿāmalāt, mukhāṣamāt, muḥākamāt?
• What is the grammatical function of fariḥayn and mufṣiḥayn?
• Why did the judge recall the two claimants?
• What is the distinction between ḥissī and ḥadsī?
• What assurance did the judge give before demanding the truth?
• What relationship was revealed between the elder and the youth?
• What quality underlies the lion-cub comparison?
• What did Abū Zayd admit about the needle and kohl applicator?
• What does mirwad mean in this passage?
• What explanation did Abū Zayd give for the trick?
• What does nadī al-rāḥa suggest?
• What does maghlūl al-yad add to jaʿd al-kaff?
• What is the contrast between jidd and dad?
• What structure occurs in in ajdā wa-illā?
• What image is used for al-ḥaẓẓ al-ṣadī?
• What is the effect of death being at the marṣad?
• What does the today/tomorrow contrast express?
• How did the judge respond to the confession poem?
• What does nafathāt refer to in the judge’s praise?
• What warning does fa-mā kullu musayṭirin yuqīl convey?
• What glistened on the elder’s brow as he left?
• What does the first asfār mean in the ending?
• What does the second asfār mean?
• What figure arises from two uses of asfār with different meanings?
• The deception was already proven before the judge became suspicious.
• Abū Zayd affirmed that the needle and mirwad dispute was real.
• Nadī al-rāḥa and jaʿd al-kaff contrast generosity and miserliness.
• The judge praised Abū Zayd’s language while objecting to deceit.