سَأَلْنَا فَأَعْطَيْتُمْ وَعُدْنَا فَعُدْتُمْ ۞ وَمَنْ أَكْثَرَ التَّسْآلَ يَوْمًا سَيُحْرَمِ
We asked and you gave; we returned and you gave again. Yet a person who asks too often may one day be denied.
Saʾalnā / aʿṭaytum and ʿudnā / ʿudtum form paired actions: requests and repeated generosity. Al-tasʾāl denotes excessive or repeated asking. The first hemistich praises the addressees’ giving; the second warns that relentless requests can exhaust goodwill. Both generosity and moderation appear within the same couplet.