أَلَم تَرَ أَنَّ الشَّيءَ لِلشَّيءِ عِلَّةٌ

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When Ibrahim ibn al-Mahdi assumed the caliphate, he borrowed money from merchants, including the poet's grandfather Abd al-Malik, and later went into hiding. When he reappeared and was pressured to repay the debts, he evaded them. Consequently, the poet's father, Muhammad ibn Abd al-Malik, composed a poem threatening to read it to Caliph al-Ma'mun if Ibrahim did not return the borrowed money. Fearing this, Ibrahim gave him part of the money, arranged installments for the rest, and made him swear not to publish the poem during al-Ma'mun's lifetime.

Source: The Poetry Encyclopedia — Department of Culture and Tourism, Abu Dhabi

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