وَنَحْنُ التَّارِكُونَ لِمَا سَخِطْنَا وَنَحْنُ الْآخِذُونَ لِمَا رَضِينَا
We abandon what displeases us and take up what we approve.
Sakhiṭnā ('we disapproved') contrasts with raḍīnā ('we approved'), just as al-tārikūn contrasts with al-ākhidhūn.
Two matching clauses claim freedom to reject or accept. The opposite terms constitute antithesis (ṭibāq); their balanced placement also creates a broader rhetorical correspondence (muqābalah).
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ʿAmr ibn Kulthūm: Ancestral Honour, Oaths and Battle Formations (verses 64–74)
وَنَحْنُ التَّارِكُونَ لِمَا سَخِطْنَا وَنَحْنُ الْآخِذُونَ لِمَا رَضِينَا
We abandon what displeases us and take up what we approve.
Sakhiṭnā ('we disapproved') contrasts with raḍīnā ('we approved'), just as al-tārikūn contrasts with al-ākhidhūn.
Two matching clauses claim freedom to reject or accept. The opposite terms constitute antithesis (ṭibāq); their balanced placement also creates a broader rhetorical correspondence (muqābalah).