وَعَتَّابًا وَكُلْثُومًا جَمِيعًا بِهِمْ نِلْنَا تُرَاثَ الْأَكْرَمِينَا[
Through ʿAttāb and Kulthūm together, we gained the legacy of honoured forebears.
Key vocabulary:[ The tribal genealogy continues through named forebears; turāth signals inherited distinction.
The verse advances the speaker’s claim of autonomy, his reply to an opponent, or his ancestral prestige.
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ʿAmr ibn Kulthūm: Defying Royal Authority, the Spear Metaphor, and Ancestral Honour (verses 52–63)
وَعَتَّابًا وَكُلْثُومًا جَمِيعًا بِهِمْ نِلْنَا تُرَاثَ الْأَكْرَمِينَا[
Through ʿAttāb and Kulthūm together, we gained the legacy of honoured forebears.
Key vocabulary:[ The tribal genealogy continues through named forebears; turāth signals inherited distinction.
The verse advances the speaker’s claim of autonomy, his reply to an opponent, or his ancestral prestige.