LessonsIqtibas, Tadmeen, Aqd, Hall, Talmih and the Art of Literary Openings and EndingsQuiz

«بشرى فقد أنجز الإقبال ما وعدا»
Good news: prosperity has fulfilled what it promised.

The words for good news, favorable fortune and fulfilled promise immediately suggest celebration and success.

The opening is therefore more than attractive: it creates an appropriate expectation about the poem’s subject. That anticipatory fit is the specific virtue of barāʿat al-istihlāl.

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Iqtibas, Tadmeen, Aqd, Hall, Talmih and the Art of Literary Openings and Endings

«بشرى فقد أنجز الإقبال ما وعدا»
Good news: prosperity has fulfilled what it promised.

The words for good news, favorable fortune and fulfilled promise immediately suggest celebration and success.

The opening is therefore more than attractive: it creates an appropriate expectation about the poem’s subject. That anticipatory fit is the specific virtue of barāʿat al-istihlāl.