«أَلْقِ دَوَاتَكَ وَأَقْرِبْ وَخُذْ أَدَاتَكَ وَاكْتُبْ»
Set out your inkpot, come closer, take your writing equipment and write.
The four imperatives—alqi, aqrib, khudh and uktub—give the scene a brisk pace. The elder dictates while another person records the composition. The situation is therefore a public demonstration, not merely a polished letter submitted later.
Dawāh refers to the inkwell; adāh is an implement. Their near-matching endings add an auditory pattern to the commands. The letter's stringent alternation begins with the dictated message, not with these introductory instructions.