«وَلَمْ يَزَلْ يُحَمْلِقُ إِلَيَّ حَتَّى خِفْتُ أَنْ يَسْطُوَ عَلَيَّ»
He kept staring at me until I feared he might attack.
The anger then subsides: «خَبَتْ نَارُهُ وَتَوَارَى أُوَارُهُ» — his fire died down and its heat disappeared. Fire is a metaphor for anger, not a literal blaze.
Grammatically, lam yazal followed by an imperfect verb expresses continuation of a state.
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The Preacher’s Secret and the Reveal of Abū Zayd al-Sarūjī
«وَلَمْ يَزَلْ يُحَمْلِقُ إِلَيَّ حَتَّى خِفْتُ أَنْ يَسْطُوَ عَلَيَّ»
He kept staring at me until I feared he might attack.
The anger then subsides: «خَبَتْ نَارُهُ وَتَوَارَى أُوَارُهُ» — his fire died down and its heat disappeared. Fire is a metaphor for anger, not a literal blaze.
Grammatically, lam yazal followed by an imperfect verb expresses continuation of a state.