Comments on: Wise words from al-Mutanabi https://www.virtualmosque.com/islam-studies/wise-words/ Tue, 03 Feb 2009 04:05:49 +0000 hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=7.0.4 By: khalil abu asmaa https://www.virtualmosque.com/islam-studies/wise-words/#comment-9045 Tue, 03 Feb 2009 04:05:49 +0000 http://www.virtualmosque.com/blog/general/wise-words/#comment-9045 Bismillah.
As-salamu alaykum wa rahmatullah wa barakatuh . . .

I believe the first line should read:

“Debased is the one who envies the debased over livelihood”

“yaghbitu” from “ghibtah” = envy

And “al-dhalila” is the object of the verb “yaghbitu”

Sincerely your brother,
khalil abu asmaa

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