وَأَمْكَنَكَ أَنْ تُوَاسِيَ فَمَا آسَيْتَ
You had the chance to console and support others, but you did not.
Tuwāsī describes comforting, standing beside, or helping someone in difficulty. Āsayta concerns that same act; its negation states that an available opportunity was not used.
The rhetorical force is in distinguishing ability from action. Being capable of kindness is not the same as extending it.
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The Ṣanʿāʾ Maqāmah: Missed Goodness, Competing Priorities, and Contradictory Conduct
وَأَمْكَنَكَ أَنْ تُوَاسِيَ فَمَا آسَيْتَ
You had the chance to console and support others, but you did not.
Tuwāsī describes comforting, standing beside, or helping someone in difficulty. Āsayta concerns that same act; its negation states that an available opportunity was not used.
The rhetorical force is in distinguishing ability from action. Being capable of kindness is not the same as extending it.