«وَهِلَالُكَ يُضِي وَحِلْمُكَ يُغْضِي»
Your crescent gives light, and your forbearance overlooks faults.
Hilāl is the new crescent; yuḍī means to illuminate. Ḥilm is patient self-restraint; yughḍī is to lower the gaze or pass over something without reproach.
The two images work together: the patron reveals excellence like a light, yet compassionately chooses not to expose others' weaknesses. The similar endings make this moral distinction sound like a closely wrought verbal ornament.
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The Marāghah Maqāmah: The Letter of Dotted and Undotted Words
«وَهِلَالُكَ يُضِي وَحِلْمُكَ يُغْضِي»
Your crescent gives light, and your forbearance overlooks faults.
Hilāl is the new crescent; yuḍī means to illuminate. Ḥilm is patient self-restraint; yughḍī is to lower the gaze or pass over something without reproach.
The two images work together: the patron reveals excellence like a light, yet compassionately chooses not to expose others' weaknesses. The similar endings make this moral distinction sound like a closely wrought verbal ornament.