«هو البدر إلا أنه البحر زاخراً»
He is the full moon—yet also a surging sea.
«سوى أنه الضرغام لكنه الوبل»
Indeed, he is a lion, and yet a pouring rain.
The moon suggests elevation and radiance; the sea, generosity and breadth; the lion, courage; and the downpour, lavish giving. Each apparent exception introduces a fresh excellence rather than a fault.
No actual blame is introduced: the successive particles organize an accumulating portrait of praise.
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Tafrīʿ, Praise or Blame by Apparent Exception, Ist itbāʿ and Idmāj
«هو البدر إلا أنه البحر زاخراً»
He is the full moon—yet also a surging sea.
«سوى أنه الضرغام لكنه الوبل»
Indeed, he is a lion, and yet a pouring rain.
The moon suggests elevation and radiance; the sea, generosity and breadth; the lion, courage; and the downpour, lavish giving. Each apparent exception introduces a fresh excellence rather than a fault.
No actual blame is introduced: the successive particles organize an accumulating portrait of praise.