«قُلْ: وَالَّذِي زَيَّنَ الْجِبَاهَ بِالطُّرَرِ»
Say: By the One who adorned foreheads with forelocks.
The elder builds an oath around the youth’s beautiful features. Alladhī is a relative pronoun and zayyana a past-tense verb in its relative clause. The mismatch between elegant bodily imagery and a grave accusation is deliberate.
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The Raḥbiyyah Maqāmah — An Accusation, an Unusual Oath and a Hundred-Mithqāl Offer
«قُلْ: وَالَّذِي زَيَّنَ الْجِبَاهَ بِالطُّرَرِ»
Say: By the One who adorned foreheads with forelocks.
The elder builds an oath around the youth’s beautiful features. Alladhī is a relative pronoun and zayyana a past-tense verb in its relative clause. The mismatch between elegant bodily imagery and a grave accusation is deliberate.