نَطَقَتِ الْحَالُ بِكَذَا
The circumstances spoke of this; that is, the circumstances made the fact clear.
“Naṭaqa” literally refers to speech by a speaker. A situation does not articulate words with a human tongue. Yet the clear indications provided by circumstances are likened to the communicative force of speech.
Clue: the state or situation appears as the subject of “spoke.”
Shared feature: conveying and making a meaning evident.
The metaphor concerns the situation's evidential force, not possession of an actual speech organ.