«وَالْحُرُّ يَجْزِي، وَالْإِلْطَاطُ يُخْزِي»
A noble free person repays kindness; obstinate insistence disgraces.
Ḥurr can suggest nobility of character as well as freedom. Yajzī is to compensate or repay; ilṭāṭ is stubborn insistence; and yukhzī refers to causing shame.
The two halves resemble earlier ethical antitheses. Their matched sound gives the petition fluency, while their difference in meaning presses the addressee toward the socially approved role of generous benefactor.
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The Marāghah Maqāmah: The Letter of Dotted and Undotted Words
«وَالْحُرُّ يَجْزِي، وَالْإِلْطَاطُ يُخْزِي»
A noble free person repays kindness; obstinate insistence disgraces.
Ḥurr can suggest nobility of character as well as freedom. Yajzī is to compensate or repay; ilṭāṭ is stubborn insistence; and yukhzī refers to causing shame.
The two halves resemble earlier ethical antitheses. Their matched sound gives the petition fluency, while their difference in meaning presses the addressee toward the socially approved role of generous benefactor.