ʿAmr ibn Kulthūm: Challenge to Banū Bakr, Armour, Horses, and Protection (verses 75–91)

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• What is the chief effect of repeating ilaykum?
• What is the rhetorical purpose of a-lammā taʿrifū?
• Which singular corresponds to katāʾib?
• Why is minnā wa-minkum important?
• What does al-bīḍ mean in this context?
• Which literary device appears in yaqmna wa-yanḥanīnā?
• What is described by sābighah dilāṣ?
• What visible feature is meant by ghuḍūn?
• How is wuḍiʿat parsed?
• What does jūnan indicate here?
• To what are the folds of armour compared?
• What does tuṣaffiquhā al-riyāḥ add?
• What does jurd describe?
• What is the contextual sense of naqāʾidh?
• What does wa-ftulīnā refer to?
• What contrast separates dawāriʿan and shuʿthan?
• What tense contrast occurs in warithnāhunna and nūrithuhā?
• What does ābāʾa ṣidq convey?
• Who are the bīḍun ḥisān in this verse?
• What danger does the poet fear for the women?
• What does buʿūlatihinna mean?
• How does idhā lāqaw katāʾiba muʿlimīnā link to the next verse?
• What feature does muʿlimīnā indicate?
• What does bīḍan mean in verse 86?
• What is depicted by muqarranīnā?
• What rhetorical image appears in makhāfatanā qarīnā?
• What does al-huwaynā mean?
• How should yaqutna jiyādanā be understood?
• What does ẓaʿāʾin min Banī Jusham ibn Bakr establish?
• What does al-sawāʿid mean in the closing verse?