الجاهلية · Pre-Islamic · Hikma — Wisdom
زهير بن أبي سُلمى

ومن يك ذا فضل فيبخل بفضله (1514)

وَمَنْ يَكُ ذَا فَضْلٍ فَيَبْخَلْ بِفَضْلِهِ عَلَى قَوْمِهِ يُسْتَغْنَ عَنْهُ وَيُذْمَمِ
Whoever has abundance yet withholds it from his people Will be dispensed with and blamed
المصدر · Source: Mu'allaqa, line 19. A.J. Arberry, The Seven Odes (1957)
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