عَلَى آثَارِنَا بِيضٌ حِسَانٌ نُحَاذِرُ أَنْ تُقَسَّمَ أَوْ تَهُونَا
Behind us are noble, beautiful women; we fear their being divided as captives or being dishonoured.
Bīḍun ḥisān praises the women’s beauty and standing; ʿalā āthārinā places them behind the fighters.
Nuḥādhiru expresses fear of a danger: captivity or humiliation. The verse is evidence of a pre-Islamic tribal-war perspective, not a general modern ethical prescription.
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ʿAmr ibn Kulthūm: Challenge to Banū Bakr, Armour, Horses, and Protection (verses 75–91)
عَلَى آثَارِنَا بِيضٌ حِسَانٌ نُحَاذِرُ أَنْ تُقَسَّمَ أَوْ تَهُونَا
Behind us are noble, beautiful women; we fear their being divided as captives or being dishonoured.
Bīḍun ḥisān praises the women’s beauty and standing; ʿalā āthārinā places them behind the fighters.
Nuḥādhiru expresses fear of a danger: captivity or humiliation. The verse is evidence of a pre-Islamic tribal-war perspective, not a general modern ethical prescription.