LessonsThe Marāghah Maqāmah: A Test of Eloquence and an Unusual ConstraintQuiz

«فَلَا تَعَرِّضْ عِرْضَكَ لِلْمَفَاضِحِ وَلَا تُعْرِضْ عَنْ نَصِيحَةِ النَّاصِحِ»
Do not expose your honour to disgrace, and do not turn away from sound advice.

Taʿarriḍ / tuʿriḍ look and sound similar, but the first refers to exposing something, the second to turning away. Their proximity sharpens a pair of warnings while demonstrating skillful verbal arrangement.

The participants present their rebuke as advice. Yet the earlier bird metaphor shows that their manner is not merely considerate; derision and counsel coexist. Literary analysis should identify the technique without assuming that the speakers are necessarily right.

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Advice and humiliation in one argument

The Marāghah Maqāmah: A Test of Eloquence and an Unusual Constraint

«فَلَا تَعَرِّضْ عِرْضَكَ لِلْمَفَاضِحِ وَلَا تُعْرِضْ عَنْ نَصِيحَةِ النَّاصِحِ»
Do not expose your honour to disgrace, and do not turn away from sound advice.

Taʿarriḍ / tuʿriḍ look and sound similar, but the first refers to exposing something, the second to turning away. Their proximity sharpens a pair of warnings while demonstrating skillful verbal arrangement.

The participants present their rebuke as advice. Yet the earlier bird metaphor shows that their manner is not merely considerate; derision and counsel coexist. Literary analysis should identify the technique without assuming that the speakers are necessarily right.