أَوْ يُنْقِذُكَ مَالُكَ حِينَ تُوبِقُكَ أَعْمَالُكَ؟
Or can your wealth rescue you when your deeds bring you to ruin?
Yunqidhuka is “save you”; tūbiquka is “bring you to destruction”; aʿmāl is the plural of ʿamal, a deed. Māl and aʿmāl echo in sound but differ in kind.
The point is not that every possession is worthless. The question is whether money by itself can erase the consequences of harmful conduct.
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The Ṣanʿāʾ Maqāmah: From Heedlessness to Accountability
أَوْ يُنْقِذُكَ مَالُكَ حِينَ تُوبِقُكَ أَعْمَالُكَ؟
Or can your wealth rescue you when your deeds bring you to ruin?
Yunqidhuka is “save you”; tūbiquka is “bring you to destruction”; aʿmāl is the plural of ʿamal, a deed. Māl and aʿmāl echo in sound but differ in kind.
The point is not that every possession is worthless. The question is whether money by itself can erase the consequences of harmful conduct.