فَبَقِينَا عَلَى الشَّنَاءَةِ تَنْمِي بِنَا حُصُونٌ وَعِزَّةٌ قَعْسَاءُ
Meaning: Despite the hostility directed at us, we endured; strong fortifications and unbending honour sustained our standing.
al-shanāʾah is enmity, ḥuṣūn strongholds, and ʿizzah qaʿsāʾ firm or unbending honour.
The poet claims that hostility failed to destroy his group. This is a historical boast framed within tribal conflict, not a universal claim of political superiority.
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al-Ḥārith ibn Ḥillizah: From Travel to Tribal Accusations, Innocence and Resolve (verses 14–26)
فَبَقِينَا عَلَى الشَّنَاءَةِ تَنْمِي بِنَا حُصُونٌ وَعِزَّةٌ قَعْسَاءُ
Meaning: Despite the hostility directed at us, we endured; strong fortifications and unbending honour sustained our standing.
al-shanāʾah is enmity, ḥuṣūn strongholds, and ʿizzah qaʿsāʾ firm or unbending honour.
The poet claims that hostility failed to destroy his group. This is a historical boast framed within tribal conflict, not a universal claim of political superiority.