hadith
117
۞
as-Sayyid ar-Raḍī says: In this verse the word “armiyah” is plural of “ramiyy” which means cloud and “hamīm” here means summer. The poet has particularised the cloud of summer because it moves swiftly. This is because it is devoid of water while a cloud moves slowly when it is laden with rain. Such clouds generally appear (in Arabia) in winter. By this verse the poet intends to convey that when they are called and referred to for help they approach with rapidity and this is borne by the first line “if you call them they will reach you.”
قال السيد الشريف: قلتُ أنا: والارمية جمع رَميٍّ وهو: السحاب، والحميم في هذا الموضع: وقت الصيف، وإنما خصّ الشاعر سحاب الصيف بالذكر لانه أشد جفولاً، وَأسرع خُفوفاً، لانه لا ماء فيه، وإنما يكون السحاب ثقيل السير لامتلائه بالماء، وذلك لا يكون في الاكثر إلا زمان الشتاء، وإنما أراد الشاعر وصفهم بالسرعة إذا دُعوا، والاغاثة إذا استغيثوا، والدليل على ذلك قوله: «هنالك، لو دعوت، أتاك منهم...».
Similar narrations
- Nahj al-Balāgha #217 as-Sayyid ar-Raḍī says: Here place of sacrifice means place of slaughter.
- Nahj al-Balāgha #178 as-Sayyid ar-Raḍī says: Amīr al-mu’minīn’s word “mutadhā‘ib” means “muḍṭarib” (i.e. moved or troubled), as they say “tadhā‘abat ar-rīḥ”...
- Nahj al-Balāgha #2248 as-Sayyid ar-Raḍī says : Amīr al-mu’minīn means Imriu’l-Qays. [1]
- Nahj al-Balāgha #1415 as-Sayyid ar-Raḍī says: Amīr al-mu’minīn’s word “al-wāghil” means the man who joins the drinking group so as to drink with them, but he is...
- Nahj al-Balāgha #237 as-Sayyid ar-Raḍī says: Amīr al-mu’minīn means Mu‘āwiyah and his men.
- Nahj al-Balāgha #1959 as-Sayyid ar-Raḍī says: Here “shakīr” means the first feathers that grow on a bird before it is strong enough to fly. And “saqb” means the...
- Nahj al-Balāgha #2097 As-Sayyid ar-Raḍī says: It is also said that “‘arṭabah” means ‘ṭabl’ (drum) and “kūbah’’ means ‘lute’.
- Nahj al-Balāgha #2035 as-Sayyid ar-Raḍī says: “find” means a lonely mountain (rising in height above the range).