Lessonsal-Ḥārith ibn Ḥillizah: Ḥujr, Royal Kinship and the Dhū al-Majāz Covenant (verses 56–67)Quiz

وَاذْكُرُوا حِلْفَ ذِي الْمَجَازِ وَمَا قُدِّمَ فِيهِ الْعُهُودُ وَالْكُفَلَاءُ
Meaning: Remember the alliance of Dhū al-Majāz, where covenants were made and guarantors stood behind them.

Udhkurū is the plural imperative “remember.” Ḥilf means a covenant or alliance; Dhū al-Majāz is the named setting; ʿuhūd are undertakings and kufalāʾ guarantors.

The commentary associates this agreement with reconciliation and pledged sureties. The poet now seeks to move the argument beyond remembered warfare toward mutually acknowledged obligations, rather than a decision made merely from anger or accusation.

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Verse 66: The covenant at Dhū al-Majāz

al-Ḥārith ibn Ḥillizah: Ḥujr, Royal Kinship and the Dhū al-Majāz Covenant (verses 56–67)

وَاذْكُرُوا حِلْفَ ذِي الْمَجَازِ وَمَا قُدِّمَ فِيهِ الْعُهُودُ وَالْكُفَلَاءُ
Meaning: Remember the alliance of Dhū al-Majāz, where covenants were made and guarantors stood behind them.

Udhkurū is the plural imperative “remember.” Ḥilf means a covenant or alliance; Dhū al-Majāz is the named setting; ʿuhūd are undertakings and kufalāʾ guarantors.

The commentary associates this agreement with reconciliation and pledged sureties. The poet now seeks to move the argument beyond remembered warfare toward mutually acknowledged obligations, rather than a decision made merely from anger or accusation.