the boy, and I have enslaved him; meaning: I took him as a slave. Hatim said:
(If some wealth is a master to its owner... then I, by the praise of Allah, have my wealth enslaved)
Surah ash-Shu'ara from (verse 23 to verse 51).
الْغُلَامَ وَأَعْبَدْتُهُ؛ أَيْ: اتَّخَذْتُهُ عَبْدًا. وَقَالَ حَاتِمٌ:
(إِذَا كَانَ بَعْضُ الْمَالِ رَبًّا لِأَهْلِهِ … فَإِنِّي بِحَمْدِ الله مَالِي معبد)
سُورَة الشُّعَرَاء من (آيَة ٢٣ آيَة ٥١).
