وَأَمَّا يَوْمَ لَا نَخْشَى عَلَيْهِمْ فَنُمْعِنُ غَارَةً مُتَلَبِّبِينَا[
When we have no such fear, we press far in a raid, fully prepared and equipped.
Vocabulary and construction:[ Numʿinu signals pressing far; mutalabbibīn denotes readiness and equipment. This is historical war-boasting.
This verse contributes a distinct part of the collective boast and should be read within its pre-Islamic poetic setting.
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ʿAmr ibn Kulthūm: Rancour, Tribal Protection and Martial Boasting (verses 39–51)
وَأَمَّا يَوْمَ لَا نَخْشَى عَلَيْهِمْ فَنُمْعِنُ غَارَةً مُتَلَبِّبِينَا[
When we have no such fear, we press far in a raid, fully prepared and equipped.
Vocabulary and construction:[ Numʿinu signals pressing far; mutalabbibīn denotes readiness and equipment. This is historical war-boasting.
This verse contributes a distinct part of the collective boast and should be read within its pre-Islamic poetic setting.