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وقيل لعبد الله بن طاهر: إن الناس يقدحون في أبي حنيفة، فقال عبدالله شعرا: ما على البحر وأمسى ز اخرا إن رمى فيه غلام بحجر.
Show English translation
ʿAbd Allāh ibn Ṭāhir was told, “People disparage Abū Ḥanīfa.” ʿAbd Allāh replied in verse:
“What harm comes to the sea, overflowing as it is, if a boy throws a stone into it?”
Sources and text notes
al-Zaranjarī, Manāqib Abī Ḥanīfa · Reading edition: Şimşek & Kütük (2018).
- Şimşek & Kütük (2018), printed page 141 · View source page →