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

أَمْ جَنَايَا بَنِي عَتِيقٍ فَإِنَّا مِنْكُمْ إِنْ غَدَرْتُمْ بُرَآءُ
Translation: Or are the offences of Banū ʿAtīq to be charged to us? If you betray the covenant, we are clear of you.

Janāyā is the plural of jināyah, offences. In ghadartum is a conditional clause, “if you act treacherously”; burāʾ means disassociated or free of liability.

The verse connects the earlier are we responsible? questions with covenant fidelity. The speaker rejects not merely an accusation but the automatic transfer of culpability from a treaty-breaker to his own group.

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Verse 73: Banū ʿAtīq and the breach of covenant

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

أَمْ جَنَايَا بَنِي عَتِيقٍ فَإِنَّا مِنْكُمْ إِنْ غَدَرْتُمْ بُرَآءُ
Translation: Or are the offences of Banū ʿAtīq to be charged to us? If you betray the covenant, we are clear of you.

Janāyā is the plural of jināyah, offences. In ghadartum is a conditional clause, “if you act treacherously”; burāʾ means disassociated or free of liability.

The verse connects the earlier are we responsible? questions with covenant fidelity. The speaker rejects not merely an accusation but the automatic transfer of culpability from a treaty-breaker to his own group.