فَكَأَنَّ الْمَنُونَ تَرْدِي بِنَا أَرْعَنَ جَوْنًا يَنْجَابُ عَنْهُ الْعَمَاءُ
Meaning: It is as though the blows of fate hurl us against a high dark mountain from which the cloud cover parts.
al-manūn evokes death or the calamities of time; arʿan a towering rugged mountain, jawn dark, and al-ʿamāʾ cloud or obscuring cover.
The comparison presents a group that remains steadfast while successive misfortunes strike it.
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al-Ḥārith ibn Ḥillizah: From Travel to Tribal Accusations, Innocence and Resolve (verses 14–26)
فَكَأَنَّ الْمَنُونَ تَرْدِي بِنَا أَرْعَنَ جَوْنًا يَنْجَابُ عَنْهُ الْعَمَاءُ
Meaning: It is as though the blows of fate hurl us against a high dark mountain from which the cloud cover parts.
al-manūn evokes death or the calamities of time; arʿan a towering rugged mountain, jawn dark, and al-ʿamāʾ cloud or obscuring cover.
The comparison presents a group that remains steadfast while successive misfortunes strike it.