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مَا بَسَقَتْ أَغْصَانُ ذُلٍّ اِلَّا عَلَى بَذْرِ طَمَعٍ

The branches of abasement never grow tall except from a seed of covetousness.

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Ibn ʿAbbād

البسوق الطول يقال بسقت النخلة بسوقا اذا طالت قال الله تعالى والنخل باسقات والاغصان جمع غصن وهو ما تشعب عن سوق الشجر ويجمع أيضا على غصون والبذر الحب الذى يزرع وهذه كلها استعارات مليحة

*Busūq* means tallness. One says *basaqat al-nakhla busūqan* when a palm tree has grown tall. God Most High has said: "And the palm trees, towering tall" (*wa-l-nakhla bāsiqātin*). *Aghṣān* is the plural of *ghuṣn*, which is whatever branches off from the trunks of trees; it also has the plural *ghuṣūn*. *Badhr* is the grain that is sown. All of these are elegant metaphors

The opening of his commentary only; the whole of it runs over pdf 55–58 (printed p. 51) of the print: follow the link to the page images.

Ibn ʿAbbād · pdf 55–58 (printed p. 51)

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