Durus al-Balagha — First Lessons in Arabic Rhetoric (دروس البلاغة) — Page 93

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وَإِمَّا تَقْرِيرُ حَالِهِ، نَحْوَ: إِنَّ الْقُلُوبَ إِذَا تَنَافَرَ وُدُّهَا مِثْلُ الزُّجَاجَةِ كَسْرُهَا لَا يُجْبَرُ.

Alternatively, it may serve to define a state, as in: 'When hearts lose their affection, they are like glass; once broken, they cannot be mended.'

شَبَّهَ تَنَافُرَ الْقُلُوبِ بِكَسْرِ الزُّجَاجَةِ؛ تَثْبِيتًا لِتَعَذُّرِ عَوْدَتِهَا إِلَى مَا كَانَتْ عَلَيْهِ مِنَ الْمَوَدَّةِ.

The estrangement of hearts is likened to shattered glass to emphasize that the original warmth of the bond is beyond repair.

وَإِمَّا تَزْيِينُهُ، نَحْوَ: سَوْدَاءُ وَاضِحَةُ الْجَبِينِ كَمُقْلَةِ الظَّبْيِ الْغَرِيرِ.

It may also serve to adorn, as in: 'A dark-skinned beauty with a clear brow, like the eye of a young gazelle.'

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Vocabulary · المفردات (12 verbs · 34 nouns)

• تَنَافَرَ — to be mutually estranged
• جَبَرَ — to mend
• شَبَّهَ — to liken
• تَقْرِيرٌ — establishing
• حَالٌ — state
• قَلْبٌ — heart