طَالَمَا أَيْقَظَكَ الدَّهْرُ ...
Time has awakened you again and again ...
Ṭālamā here means often, repeatedly, for so long. The preacher moves from the future end to reminders already experienced: life’s events, preaching, and moral lessons have repeatedly offered opportunities to change.
Five parallel clauses now contrast a warning or disclosure with the deliberate refusal to respond. This makes the rebuke cumulative, rather than a description of a single mistake.
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The Ṣanʿāʾ Maqāmah: Guidance, Mortality, and Evasive Responses
طَالَمَا أَيْقَظَكَ الدَّهْرُ ...
Time has awakened you again and again ...
Ṭālamā here means often, repeatedly, for so long. The preacher moves from the future end to reminders already experienced: life’s events, preaching, and moral lessons have repeatedly offered opportunities to change.
Five parallel clauses now contrast a warning or disclosure with the deliberate refusal to respond. This makes the rebuke cumulative, rather than a description of a single mistake.