al-Ḥārith ibn Ḥillizah: Failed Refuge, Royal Power, Tribal Assembly and Mirage (verses 37–46)

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• What does al-najāʾ mean in the first verse?
• What is the main effect of lā yuqīmu ... wa-lā yanfaʿu?
• Which meaning best fits yuʾāwilu?
• What landscape does ḥarrah rajlāʾ suggest?
• What is the grammatical role of raʾsu ṭawdin in the verse?
• Which derived form is aḍraʿa in aḍraʿa al-bariyyah?
• What does kifāʾ mean in the royal praise?
• What does the question about Ibn Hind’s herdsmen accomplish?
• What is the lexical form of riʿāʾ?
• What does the nisbah ending in Taghlibī mark?
• Which situation is denoted by maṭlūl?
• What is the visual force of al-ʿafāʾ?
• Who is Maysūn in qubbata Maysūn?
• What role do al-ʿAlyāʾ and al-ʿAwṣāʾ play?
• What action does taʾawwat express?
• How does the commentary characterize the qarāḍibah?
• Which expression marks the simile in kaʾannahum alqāʾ?
• What quality does the bird-of-prey image evoke?
• What does al-aswadayn refer to in this passage?
• What practical sense of hadāhum fits this context?
• What is umniyyah, and how is it used?
• What sense does ashrāʾ carry here?
• What is the role of umniyyatun in sāqathum ... umniyyatun?
• What does al-āl mean in the final verse?
• What argumentative sequence does lam yaghurrūkum ... wa-lākin express?
• What is meant by shakhṣahum?
• Which time does al-ḍaḥāʾ denote?
• Which pair correctly distinguishes the two constructions?
• Why would translating al-aswadayn as “two black banners” be deficient?
• How should the historical claims in this section be read?