مَلِكٌ أَضْرَعَ الْبَرِيَّةَ لَا يُوجَدُ فِيهَا لِمَا لَدَيْهِ كِفَاءُ
A king said to have subdued the people, without any equal to his standing.
The verbal clause aḍraʿa al-bariyyah may describe the indefinite noun malikun, with the implicit subject of the verb referring to the king. Li-mā ladayhi points to what he possesses. The two parts together perform praise by describing power and denying equivalence.
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al-Ḥārith ibn Ḥillizah: Failed Refuge, Royal Power, Tribal Assembly and Mirage (verses 37–46)
مَلِكٌ أَضْرَعَ الْبَرِيَّةَ لَا يُوجَدُ فِيهَا لِمَا لَدَيْهِ كِفَاءُ
A king said to have subdued the people, without any equal to his standing.
The verbal clause aḍraʿa al-bariyyah may describe the indefinite noun malikun, with the implicit subject of the verb referring to the king. Li-mā ladayhi points to what he possesses. The two parts together perform praise by describing power and denying equivalence.