245- And as Yaʿqūb ibn Ibrāhīm narrated to me, he said: Ibn ʿUlayya narrated to us, from Ayyūb and Ibn ʿAwn, from Muḥammad, he said: When Yazīd ibn Muʿāwiya died, ʿAbda said to me: "I see nothing coming but a tribulation, so flee from your estate and join your family." I said: "What do you command me to do?" He said: "It is more beloved to me for you to ta—" Ayyūb and Ibn ʿAwn indicated with his hand under his right cheek, describing lying down "—until you see a matter that you recognize." (1)

Abū Jaʿfar said: He meant by "ta" taḍṭajiʿ (lie down), so he contented himself with the tāʾ from taḍṭajiʿ. And just as another said regarding addition in speech (2) in the manner that I described:

I say when she fell upon her kalkāl: / "O my she-camel, what a broad space you have traversed!" (3)

He meant al-kalkal (the chest). And as another said:

Indeed my nature and your nature are different, / So stick to the hut, stay low, and tabyaḍiḍḍī! (4)

So he added a ḍād that is not in the word.

They said: Likewise, what is missing from the complete letters of each of these words—which we mentioned as the completion of the letters of "Alif-Lām-Mīm" and their counterparts—is parallel to what is missing from the speech that we recounted from the Arabs in their poetry and speech.

As for those who said: Each letter of "Alif-Lām-Mīm" and their counterparts indicates various meanings—