Brains Confounded by the Ode of Abū Shādūf Expounded. Yūsuf al-Shirbīnī

is diffused throughout the body and white hairs sprout in response to it; in which case, it would be a matter of “what is in proximity to a thing lends it its own stamp.” Or perhaps it should be taken in the sense that people use when they say “my heart’s hairs turned white,” in which case it would be a metaphorical whitening of the hair, and there would be no grounds for objection. Thus the problem is now revealed, such silliness no more concealed.

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11.5.12

      والعارض مشتقّ من العرضيّ الّذي يُلَفُّ على الرأس أو من عارضة الباب أو من العَروض الّذي يعتري الإنسان من لمس الجنّ أو من العارض الّذي يأتي بالمطر أو من عارض الجبل قال بعضهم [كامل]