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

يَقُتْنَ جِيَادَنَا وَيَقُلْنَ لَسْتُمْ بُعُولَتَنَا إِذَا لَمْ تَمْنَعُونَا
They feed our fine horses and say: “You are not worthy to be called our husbands if you do not protect us.”

Yaqutna derives from the sense of supplying sustenance; jiyādanā refers to the tribe’s fine horses. The women participate by feeding and maintaining the animals.

Lastum buʿūlatanā idhā lam tamnaʿūnā is a severe conditional reproach intended to call the men to protective duty. The women are active speakers in the narrative, not merely passive background figures.

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Verse 89 — Feeding horses and reproach

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

يَقُتْنَ جِيَادَنَا وَيَقُلْنَ لَسْتُمْ بُعُولَتَنَا إِذَا لَمْ تَمْنَعُونَا
They feed our fine horses and say: “You are not worthy to be called our husbands if you do not protect us.”

Yaqutna derives from the sense of supplying sustenance; jiyādanā refers to the tribe’s fine horses. The women participate by feeding and maintaining the animals.

Lastum buʿūlatanā idhā lam tamnaʿūnā is a severe conditional reproach intended to call the men to protective duty. The women are active speakers in the narrative, not merely passive background figures.