LessonsIqtibās and Taḍmīn: Quoting Scripture and Incorporating PoetryQuiz

دعني ووجهك الجنة حفت بالمكاره
Leave me alone: confronting your face is like approaching a paradise surrounded by hardships.

The expression draws on the Hadith wording and sense ḥuffat al-jannatu bi-l-makārih, that Paradise is surrounded by hardships. The new literary use applies that known image to a complaint about an addressee.

Word order and address have been adapted. Accordingly, iqtibās does not always require repeating an entire scriptural sentence verbatim.

Opening interactive controls...

Reordering words drawn from Hadith

Iqtibās and Taḍmīn: Quoting Scripture and Incorporating Poetry

دعني ووجهك الجنة حفت بالمكاره
Leave me alone: confronting your face is like approaching a paradise surrounded by hardships.

The expression draws on the Hadith wording and sense ḥuffat al-jannatu bi-l-makārih, that Paradise is surrounded by hardships. The new literary use applies that known image to a complaint about an addressee.

Word order and address have been adapted. Accordingly, iqtibās does not always require repeating an entire scriptural sentence verbatim.