Lessonsal-Ḥārith ibn Ḥillizah: Covenant, Tribal Liability and Royal Testimony — Conclusion (verses 68–82)Quiz

وَاعْلَمُوا أَنَّنَا وَإِيَّاكُمْ فِي مَا اشْتَرَطْنَا يَوْمَ اخْتَلَفْنَا سَوَاءُ
Translation: Know that you and we stand equally under the conditions we agreed upon on the day we disputed.

Waʿlamū is a plural imperative. Annanā wa-iyyākum gathers the two parties into one proposition. Fīmā ishtaraṭnā specifies the ground of equality—the mutually accepted terms—while yawma ikhtalafnā locates the agreement in the time of dispute.

The concluding sawāʾ asserts parity in applying those terms. The poet does not thereby formulate a general modern legal theory; he argues that the existing conditions should bind both parties.

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Verse 68: Equal standing under the conditions

al-Ḥārith ibn Ḥillizah: Covenant, Tribal Liability and Royal Testimony — Conclusion (verses 68–82)

وَاعْلَمُوا أَنَّنَا وَإِيَّاكُمْ فِي مَا اشْتَرَطْنَا يَوْمَ اخْتَلَفْنَا سَوَاءُ
Translation: Know that you and we stand equally under the conditions we agreed upon on the day we disputed.

Waʿlamū is a plural imperative. Annanā wa-iyyākum gathers the two parties into one proposition. Fīmā ishtaraṭnā specifies the ground of equality—the mutually accepted terms—while yawma ikhtalafnā locates the agreement in the time of dispute.

The concluding sawāʾ asserts parity in applying those terms. The poet does not thereby formulate a general modern legal theory; he argues that the existing conditions should bind both parties.