LessonsʿAmr ibn Kulthūm: Wine Gathering, Umm ʿAmr, Mortality and Parting (Verses 1–11)Quiz

وَإِنَّا سَوْفَ تُدْرِكُنَا الْمَنَايَا مُقَدَّرَةً لَنَا وَمُقَدَّرِينَا
Death will indeed overtake us: our allotted ends are determined, and we ourselves are bound by that destiny.

Innā emphasizes the claim, sawfa locates it in the future, and tudrikunā means “will overtake us.” Manāyā is the plural of maniyyah, a fated death.

The parallel phrases muqaddaratan lanā and muqaddarīnā emphasize inevitability. The mortality reflection sharply contrasts with the banquet scene that immediately precedes it.

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Verse 8: From revelry to mortality

ʿAmr ibn Kulthūm: Wine Gathering, Umm ʿAmr, Mortality and Parting (Verses 1–11)

وَإِنَّا سَوْفَ تُدْرِكُنَا الْمَنَايَا مُقَدَّرَةً لَنَا وَمُقَدَّرِينَا
Death will indeed overtake us: our allotted ends are determined, and we ourselves are bound by that destiny.

Innā emphasizes the claim, sawfa locates it in the future, and tudrikunā means “will overtake us.” Manāyā is the plural of maniyyah, a fated death.

The parallel phrases muqaddaratan lanā and muqaddarīnā emphasize inevitability. The mortality reflection sharply contrasts with the banquet scene that immediately precedes it.