al-Ḥārith ibn Ḥillizah: Ḥujr, Royal Kinship and the Dhū al-Majāz Covenant (verses 56–67)
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- Why does the poet use aʿnī in “thumma Ḥujran aʿnī ibn Umm Qaṭām”?
- What does the commentary associate with fārisiyyatun khaḍrāʾ?
- What does asadun fī al-liqāʾ convey?
- What does spring represent in rabīʿun in shammarat ghabrāʾ?
- What quality does hamūs express in the lion image?
- What action is claimed in fakaknā ghulla Imriʾ al-Qays?
- What is the morphology of fakaknā?
- Why is al-Jawn repeated with “of the clan of Banū al-Aws”?
- What is the role of kaʾannahā in the description of the force?
- What does mā jaziʿnā mean?
- Which image is created by talaẓẓā al-ṣilāʾ?
- What is figurative about lā tukālu al-dimāʾ?
- Which concept is associated with aqadnāhu here?
- Of which singular is amlāk the plural?
- What does aslābuhum denote here?
- How does lammā function in lammā atānā al-ḥibāʾ?
- What argument does the poet draw from waladnā ʿAmran ibn Umm Unās?
- What is the contextual sense of al-naṣīḥah?
- What does the pronoun -hā in mithluhā refer back to?
- What grammatical form is fa-trukū?
- What conduct is condemned by al-taʿāshī?
- What does al-ṭaykh mean in this commentary?
- What is ḥilfa Dhī al-Majāz?
- How are kufalāʾ related to ʿuhūd?
- What does al-mahāriq denote?
- What purpose of the covenant is conveyed by ḥadhara al-jawri wa-l-taʿaddī?
- What is the grammatical subject of yanquḍu in this line?
- What rhetorical force does hal yanquḍu ... al-ahwāʾ carry?
- Which sequence best describes the argument in verses 56–67?
- How should historical assertions in this passage be approached?