وَتَسْتَمْرِي مَرْعَى بَغْيِكَ؟
And continue to find the pasture of your transgression agreeable?
Tastamriʾu conveys finding something palatable or agreeable. Marʿā is pasture, and baghy is wrongdoing or insolence. The image turns a sinful habit into a pasture in which one has learned to graze contentedly.
The first question challenges persistence in wrong; this one challenges enjoyment of it.
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The Ṣanʿāʾ Maqāmah: From Heedlessness to Accountability
وَتَسْتَمْرِي مَرْعَى بَغْيِكَ؟
And continue to find the pasture of your transgression agreeable?
Tastamriʾu conveys finding something palatable or agreeable. Marʿā is pasture, and baghy is wrongdoing or insolence. The image turns a sinful habit into a pasture in which one has learned to graze contentedly.
The first question challenges persistence in wrong; this one challenges enjoyment of it.