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123 – Ahmad ibn Musa al-Thaqafi recited to me:
[Wāfir meter]
How many a place I entered—had I died within its walls,
I would have become a cautionary tale among my clan.
I was protected there from evil and all that I abhorred,
and I went on my way wrapped in a hidden blessing.
And how many a blessing from Allah greets you at nightfall and at dawn,
yet you never realize how great it truly is.
١٢٣ - أَنْشَدَنِي أَحْمَدُ بْنُ مُوسَى الثَّقَفِيُّ:
[البحر الوافر]
وَكَمْ مِنْ مُدْخَلٍ لَوْ مُتُّ فِيهِ ... لَكُنْتُ بِهِ نَكَالًا فِي الْعَشِيرَهْ
وُقِيتُ السُّوءَ وَالْمَكْرُوهَ فِيهِ ... وَرُحْتُ بِنِعْمَةٍ فِيهِ سَتِيرَهْ
وَكَمْ مِنْ نِعْمَةٍ لِلَّهِ تُمْسِي ... وَتُصْبِحُ لَيْسَ تَعْرِفُهَا كَبِيرَهْ