وَرِثْنَاهُنَّ عَنْ آبَاءَ صِدْقٍ
We inherited them from honourable forefathers.
وَنُورِثُهَا إِذَا مُتْنَا بَنِينَا
We shall pass them to our sons after our deaths.
Past and imperfect verbs establish a temporal contrast. Ancestors, the present speakers, and their future descendants appear in one thought. The inherited animal becomes a sign of continuous tribal identity.
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ʿAmr ibn Kulthūm: Challenge to Banū Bakr, Armour, Horses, and Protection (verses 75–91)
وَرِثْنَاهُنَّ عَنْ آبَاءَ صِدْقٍ
We inherited them from honourable forefathers.
وَنُورِثُهَا إِذَا مُتْنَا بَنِينَا
We shall pass them to our sons after our deaths.
Past and imperfect verbs establish a temporal contrast. Ancestors, the present speakers, and their future descendants appear in one thought. The inherited animal becomes a sign of continuous tribal identity.