فَسَاقَتْهُمْ إِلَيْكُمْ أُمْنِيَّةٌ أَشْرَاءُ
An arrogant wish is depicted as driving the opposing force toward its object.
Sāqat is third-person feminine singular past tense, -hum its object, and umniyyatun its delayed subject. Since a wish cannot literally drive an army, the grammar itself produces personification. Overconfidence becomes the cause of the trial the speaker describes.
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al-Ḥārith ibn Ḥillizah: Failed Refuge, Royal Power, Tribal Assembly and Mirage (verses 37–46)
فَسَاقَتْهُمْ إِلَيْكُمْ أُمْنِيَّةٌ أَشْرَاءُ
An arrogant wish is depicted as driving the opposing force toward its object.
Sāqat is third-person feminine singular past tense, -hum its object, and umniyyatun its delayed subject. Since a wish cannot literally drive an army, the grammar itself produces personification. Overconfidence becomes the cause of the trial the speaker describes.