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

أَمْ عَلَيْنَا جَرَى إِيَادٍ كَمَا نِيطَ بِجَوْزِ الْمَحْمِلِ الْأَعْبَاءُ
Translation: Or must Iyād’s wrongdoing be hung upon us, as burdens are fastened to the middle of a travelling litter?

Am ʿalaynā extends the preceding challenge. The commentary explains jarā as an offence or liability, not merely the ordinary verb “to run.” Nīṭa is passive, “was attached”; jawz al-maḥmil is the centre of a camel litter, and aʿbāʾ are loads.

Making another tribe’s offence a burden attached to one’s own litter turns abstract liability into a concrete travel image.

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Verse 71: Iyād and the load on a camel litter

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

أَمْ عَلَيْنَا جَرَى إِيَادٍ كَمَا نِيطَ بِجَوْزِ الْمَحْمِلِ الْأَعْبَاءُ
Translation: Or must Iyād’s wrongdoing be hung upon us, as burdens are fastened to the middle of a travelling litter?

Am ʿalaynā extends the preceding challenge. The commentary explains jarā as an offence or liability, not merely the ordinary verb “to run.” Nīṭa is passive, “was attached”; jawz al-maḥmil is the centre of a camel litter, and aʿbāʾ are loads.

Making another tribe’s offence a burden attached to one’s own litter turns abstract liability into a concrete travel image.