تُبَارِزُ بِمَعْصِيَتِكَ مَالِكَ نَاصِيَتِكَ
You confront in disobedience the One who holds your forelock!
Tubārizu means to face or challenge openly; maʿṣiyah is disobedience. Nāṣiyah is the forelock, and ownership of it figuratively emphasizes complete control over a person.
The image rebukes the arrogance of defying the very One whose dominion one cannot escape.
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The Ṣanʿāʾ Maqāmah: From Heedlessness to Accountability
تُبَارِزُ بِمَعْصِيَتِكَ مَالِكَ نَاصِيَتِكَ
You confront in disobedience the One who holds your forelock!
Tubārizu means to face or challenge openly; maʿṣiyah is disobedience. Nāṣiyah is the forelock, and ownership of it figuratively emphasizes complete control over a person.
The image rebukes the arrogance of defying the very One whose dominion one cannot escape.