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هو الحب فاسلم بالحشا ما الهوى سهل

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44 · 11 words · shading: how many commentators stop on each word

وَفِي حُبِّهَا بِعْتُ السَّعَادَةَ بِالشَّقَا ضَلَالًا وَعَقْلِي عَنْ هُدَايَ بِهِ عَقْلُ

For love of her I sold happiness for misery, in error, / and my reason, because of it, is a shackle keeping me from my guidance.

On the whole passage · 1 of 2

Only al-Būrīnī comments here.

al-Būrīnī

Commentary: see the 1872 print, p. 129 (the printed Arabic has not been re-read yet)

The 1872 print, page 129, the commentary on this passage

Words 1–2 · 1 of 2

وَفِي حُبِّهَا

Only al-Nābulusī comments here.

al-Nābulusī

﴿وفى حبها﴾

Commentary: see the 1872 print, p. 129 (the printed Arabic has not been re-read yet)

The 1872 print, page 129, the commentary on this passage

Words 3–4 · 1 of 2

بِعْتُ السَّعَادَةَ

Only al-Nābulusī comments here.

al-Nābulusī

﴿بعت السعادة﴾

Commentary: see the 1872 print, p. 129 (the printed Arabic has not been re-read yet)

The 1872 print, page 129, the commentary on this passage

Words 5–6 · 1 of 2

بِالشَّقَا ضَلَالًا

Only al-Nābulusī comments here.

al-Nābulusī

﴿بالشقا﴾

Commentary: see the 1872 print, pp. 129–130 (the printed Arabic has not been re-read yet)

The 1872 print, page 129, the commentary on this passageThe 1872 print, page 130, the commentary on this passage

﴿ضلالا﴾

Commentary: see the 1872 print, p. 130 (the printed Arabic has not been re-read yet)

The 1872 print, page 130, the commentary on this passage

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