Lessonsal-Ḥārith ibn Ḥillizah: Royal Praise, Tribal Disputes and Memories of War (verses 27–36)Quiz

أَيَّمَا خُطَّةٍ أَرَدْتُمْ فَأَدُّوهَا إِلَيْنَا تُشْفَى بِهَا الْأَمْلَاءُ
Meaning: Whatever dispute or case you wish to raise, bring it before us; through it the groups of leading men may find a resolution.

Ayyamā khuṭṭah has a general conditional sense: any matter or dispute. Fa-addūhā ilaynā invites the opponents to bring it forward. Al-amlāʾ here refers to distinguished groups or leading men, not the everyday term for dictation.

Rather than advancing directly to battle, the poet proposes that the disagreement be stated and considered.

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Verse 29: an invitation to submit the case

al-Ḥārith ibn Ḥillizah: Royal Praise, Tribal Disputes and Memories of War (verses 27–36)

أَيَّمَا خُطَّةٍ أَرَدْتُمْ فَأَدُّوهَا إِلَيْنَا تُشْفَى بِهَا الْأَمْلَاءُ
Meaning: Whatever dispute or case you wish to raise, bring it before us; through it the groups of leading men may find a resolution.

Ayyamā khuṭṭah has a general conditional sense: any matter or dispute. Fa-addūhā ilaynā invites the opponents to bring it forward. Al-amlāʾ here refers to distinguished groups or leading men, not the everyday term for dictation.

Rather than advancing directly to battle, the poet proposes that the disagreement be stated and considered.