TermTimeKind of knowledge
الْيَوْمPresentCurrent observation
الْأَمْسPastRecalled experience
غَدٍFutureUnknown outcome
Wa-lākinnanī introduces a qualification to the preceding claim. The figurative adjective ʿami, “blind,” sharply expresses the limit of prediction. Zuhayr separates accumulated experience from certainty about tomorrow.
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Zuhayr ibn Abī Sulmā: Age, Mortality, Honor, and Keeping Promises (Verses 43–52)
TermTimeKind of knowledge
الْيَوْمPresentCurrent observation
الْأَمْسPastRecalled experience
غَدٍFutureUnknown outcome
Wa-lākinnanī introduces a qualification to the preceding claim. The figurative adjective ʿami, “blind,” sharply expresses the limit of prediction. Zuhayr separates accumulated experience from certainty about tomorrow.