وَمَنْ لَمْ يُصَانِعْ فِي أُمُورٍ كَثِيرَةٍ ۞ يُضَرَّسْ بِأَنْيَابٍ وَيُوطَأْ بِمَنْسِمِ
Whoever fails to deal tactfully in many affairs will be bitten by fangs and trampled beneath a hoof.
Yuṣāniʿ is from form III and in this context means handling people with tact and prudent accommodation, not necessarily deceiving them. Anyāb are fangs and mansim is the hardened part of a camel’s foot. The paired images represent severe consequences of rigid or imprudent dealings.
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Zuhayr ibn Abī Sulmā: Age, Mortality, Honor, and Keeping Promises (Verses 43–52)
وَمَنْ لَمْ يُصَانِعْ فِي أُمُورٍ كَثِيرَةٍ ۞ يُضَرَّسْ بِأَنْيَابٍ وَيُوطَأْ بِمَنْسِمِ
Whoever fails to deal tactfully in many affairs will be bitten by fangs and trampled beneath a hoof.
Yuṣāniʿ is from form III and in this context means handling people with tact and prudent accommodation, not necessarily deceiving them. Anyāb are fangs and mansim is the hardened part of a camel’s foot. The paired images represent severe consequences of rigid or imprudent dealings.