Ḥamd means praise and dhamm means blame. In yakun ḥamduhu dhamman, yakun is an incomplete verb, ḥamduhu its subject, and dhamman its predicate. The grammar presents the reversal of an expected reward into its opposite.
Wa-yandami adds the internal consequence: regret. This makes the maxim more than a statement about reputation; it connects a decision, its external reception and the agent’s subsequent evaluation of that decision.
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Zuhayr ibn Abī Sulmā: Mortality, Generosity, Self-Respect and Wisdom of Speech (Verses 53–62)
Ḥamd means praise and dhamm means blame. In yakun ḥamduhu dhamman, yakun is an incomplete verb, ḥamduhu its subject, and dhamman its predicate. The grammar presents the reversal of an expected reward into its opposite.
Wa-yandami adds the internal consequence: regret. This makes the maxim more than a statement about reputation; it connects a decision, its external reception and the agent’s subsequent evaluation of that decision.