Radadnāhum is a first-person plural past tense verb from r-d-d; -nā is the subject marker and -hum the object. It assigns the military action to the speaker’s group.
Yakhruju is the present tense of kh-r-j. Although the remembered event is past, the present in the simile makes the flowing water seem visible and ongoing. Kamā explicitly links the two scenes.
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al-Ḥārith ibn Ḥillizah: Courtroom Advocacy, Three Proofs and Battle Similes (verses 47–55)
Radadnāhum is a first-person plural past tense verb from r-d-d; -nā is the subject marker and -hum the object. It assigns the military action to the speaker’s group.
Yakhruju is the present tense of kh-r-j. Although the remembered event is past, the present in the simile makes the flowing water seem visible and ongoing. Kamā explicitly links the two scenes.