The Maʿarran Maqāmah — The Needle Before the Judge

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• Before whom is the dispute presented?
• What is the grammatical number of khaṣmān?
• What does the bān branch simile describe?
• What does al-aṭyabān mean in this context?
• What verbal relationship links al-qāḍī and al-mutaqāḍī?
• What does al-ḥadd suggest in asīlat al-ḥadd?
• What form is ṣabūr in the phrase ṣabūr ʿalā al-kadd?
• Why juxtapose Tammūz and the touch of cold?
• What does taldaghu figuratively describe?
• What does the flowing hem most plausibly evoke?
• Which figure appears in sawād wa-bayāḍ?
• What is attributing mouth and tongue to an object called?
• What practical process underlies qaṭaʿat wa-waṣalat?
• Why does the elder lavish praise on the object?
• What is the youth’s principal defense?
• What does aṣdaq min al-qaṭā accomplish?
• Who is al-qayn here?
• What kind of defects are daran and shayn?
• How do iḥsān and istiḥsān relate?
• What creates the elegance of jāda / ajāda?
• How do the two sides differ?
• What still requires clarification for the judge?
• Is poetic praise equivalent to legal proof of value?
• Why is the needle’s identity delayed?
• What differs between faṣala and infaṣala?
• Two disputants appear before the judge at the start.
• The youth completely denies that any damage occurred.
• Sawād and bayāḍ form an opposition in meaning.
• Both litigants use only plain literal language.