وَحَتَّامَ تَتَنَاهَى فِي زَهْوِكَ، وَلَا تَنْتَهِي عَنْ لَهْوِكَ؟
How long will you continue in your vanity and fail to desist from distracting amusement?
Ḥattāma also asks “how long?” Zahw means pride or vanity; lahw denotes distraction or amusement that diverts one from what matters. The warning targets heedless diversion, not every harmless recreation.
Tatanāhā / tantahī are sound-related forms that contrast going too far with putting a stop to something.
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The Ṣanʿāʾ Maqāmah: From Heedlessness to Accountability
وَحَتَّامَ تَتَنَاهَى فِي زَهْوِكَ، وَلَا تَنْتَهِي عَنْ لَهْوِكَ؟
How long will you continue in your vanity and fail to desist from distracting amusement?
Ḥattāma also asks “how long?” Zahw means pride or vanity; lahw denotes distraction or amusement that diverts one from what matters. The warning targets heedless diversion, not every harmless recreation.
Tatanāhā / tantahī are sound-related forms that contrast going too far with putting a stop to something.