The verbs of these six verses reveal an argumentative sequence: identifying a warrior, describing his courage, freeing a captive, magnifying an army, claiming steadiness and recalling requital.
FormGrammarContextual meaningأَعْنِي1st-person imperfectI meanفَكَكْنَا1st-person plural pastWe freedجَزِعْنَا1st-person plural pastWe panickedتَلَظَّىPast verbFlared up
The negative mā changes mā jaziʿnā to “we did not panic,” a crucial distinction for interpreting the boast.
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al-Ḥārith ibn Ḥillizah: Ḥujr, Royal Kinship and the Dhū al-Majāz Covenant (verses 56–67)
The verbs of these six verses reveal an argumentative sequence: identifying a warrior, describing his courage, freeing a captive, magnifying an army, claiming steadiness and recalling requital.
FormGrammarContextual meaningأَعْنِي1st-person imperfectI meanفَكَكْنَا1st-person plural pastWe freedجَزِعْنَا1st-person plural pastWe panickedتَلَظَّىPast verbFlared up
The negative mā changes mā jaziʿnā to “we did not panic,” a crucial distinction for interpreting the boast.