A Hidden Truth — Page 39
39 ajiba. Now it is clearly evident that by raising an invalid objection, which is proof of the Sheikh’s utter lack of knowledge and ignorance, he has with his own hands completely exposed himself before the learned and proved to every friend and foe that he is a Maulvi only in name and is bereft of the knowledge of Arabic. There can be no greater humiliation for a person who calls himself a Maulvi than to be bereft of the qualities of true religious divines. What a shame that he is hitherto unaware that the verb ajiba is at times followed by the preposition min and at times by lam. Even a child who has studied up to Hidayat-un-Nahw knows that like min, the preposition lam is accepted usage in the view of experts in syntax. Therefore, in support of this usage, one couplet that is cited is as follows َ ِ ﻋ ْ ﺠ ِ ﺒ ﺖ ُ ﻟ َ ْ ﻤ ُ ﻮ ْ ﻟ ٍ ﻮ َد ْ ﻟ َ ﻴ َﺲ ُ ﻟ َﻪ ٌ أ َب ِ و ْ ﻣ ْﻦ َ ذِي َ و ٍ ﻟ َﺪ ْ ﻟ َ ﻴ َﺲ ُ ﻟ َﻪ َ أ َ ﺑـ ِ ﻮ ان 29 Here, the poet has used both the prepositions lam and min. On pages, 19, 390, 411, 475, and 511 of Diwan-e- Hamasah , which is part of the curriculum at state colleges, and the eloquence and rhetoric of which is established and accepted, there are five couplets of Jafar 29 I am amazed at this child who has no father, And also at the father, who had no parents. [Publisher]