لَمْ يَغُرُّوكُمْ غُرُورًا وَلَكِنْ رَفَعَ الْآلُ شَخْصَهُمْ وَالضَّحَاءُ
They did not arrive by stealth; their figures were visible in the heat mirage.
Lam negates and puts the following imperfect in the jussive, while wa-lākin introduces a correction. The repeated root in yaghurrūkum ghurūran intensifies the denied accusation. The sentence moves from rejecting an impression to offering a visual account.
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al-Ḥārith ibn Ḥillizah: Failed Refuge, Royal Power, Tribal Assembly and Mirage (verses 37–46)
لَمْ يَغُرُّوكُمْ غُرُورًا وَلَكِنْ رَفَعَ الْآلُ شَخْصَهُمْ وَالضَّحَاءُ
They did not arrive by stealth; their figures were visible in the heat mirage.
Lam negates and puts the following imperfect in the jussive, while wa-lākin introduces a correction. The repeated root in yaghurrūkum ghurūran intensifies the denied accusation. The sentence moves from rejecting an impression to offering a visual account.