What is asserted by Bashshār’s “man rāqaba al-nās lam yaẓfar bi-ḥājatihi”?

Ighārah and Maskh: Recasting Verse, Eloquence and Literary Appraisal

• Attending to others always guarantees success
• Excessive concern with others thwarts one’s aim
• Declaring public opinion always invalid
• Public praise as the only criterion of success