وَلَوْ كَانَ النِّسَاءُ كَمَنْ فَقَدْنَا
لَفُضِّلَتِ النِّسَاءُ عَلَى الرِّجَالِ
If all women were like the one we have lost
Then women would be preferred over men
المصدر · Source: Diwan al-Mutanabbi. Trans. A.J. Arberry
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