كُلُّ نَدِيِّ الرَّاحَةِ عَذْبُ الْمَوْرِدِ وَكُلُّ جَعْدِ الْكَفِّ مَغْلُولُ الْيَدِ
Every generous, open-handed person is like a sweet source of water; every tight-fisted person is as though bound by the hands.
Nadī al-rāḥa suggests generosity, while jaʿd al-kaff evokes a tightly closed hand. The sweet watering place portrays giving as refreshment; the fettered hand portrays miserliness as restriction. The contrast is both visual and moral.
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The Maʿarran Maqāmah — A Ruse Exposed and the Judge’s Warning
كُلُّ نَدِيِّ الرَّاحَةِ عَذْبُ الْمَوْرِدِ وَكُلُّ جَعْدِ الْكَفِّ مَغْلُولُ الْيَدِ
Every generous, open-handed person is like a sweet source of water; every tight-fisted person is as though bound by the hands.
Nadī al-rāḥa suggests generosity, while jaʿd al-kaff evokes a tightly closed hand. The sweet watering place portrays giving as refreshment; the fettered hand portrays miserliness as restriction. The contrast is both visual and moral.