«وَبَدْرِي بِالْمِحَاقِ، وَقَضَى بِالِاحْتِرَاقِ، وَشُعَاعِي بِالْإِظْلَامِ»
And may my full-moon beauty wane to invisibility, be consumed, and my radiance turn to darkness.
Badr is the full moon, miḥāq its disappearance near the lunar month’s end. Shuʿāʿ / iẓlām contrast radiance and darkness. The oath increasingly becomes an exhibition of ornate expression rather than a focused judicial formula.
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The Raḥbiyyah Maqāmah — An Accusation, an Unusual Oath and a Hundred-Mithqāl Offer
«وَبَدْرِي بِالْمِحَاقِ، وَقَضَى بِالِاحْتِرَاقِ، وَشُعَاعِي بِالْإِظْلَامِ»
And may my full-moon beauty wane to invisibility, be consumed, and my radiance turn to darkness.
Badr is the full moon, miḥāq its disappearance near the lunar month’s end. Shuʿāʿ / iẓlām contrast radiance and darkness. The oath increasingly becomes an exhibition of ornate expression rather than a focused judicial formula.