LessonsʿAntarah ibn Shaddād: She-Camel, Conduct, Generosity and Martial Boasting (verses 31–42)Quiz

وَحَلِيلِ غَانِيَةٍ تَرَكْتُ مُجَدَّلًا تَمْكُو فَرِيصَتُهُ كَشِدْقِ الْأَعْلَمِ
I left the husband of a beautiful woman fallen on the ground, with a whistling sound from a wound near his chest, likened to an open, cleft lip.

Ḥalīl is a husband or intimate partner; ghāniyah a notably beautiful woman; mujaddalan means thrown to the ground, and farīṣah denotes an area near the side of the chest. Tamkū evokes a whistling sound. This violent imagery belongs to the boast-of-arms convention, not a general celebration of harm.

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Verse 41: A violent martial scene

ʿAntarah ibn Shaddād: She-Camel, Conduct, Generosity and Martial Boasting (verses 31–42)

وَحَلِيلِ غَانِيَةٍ تَرَكْتُ مُجَدَّلًا تَمْكُو فَرِيصَتُهُ كَشِدْقِ الْأَعْلَمِ
I left the husband of a beautiful woman fallen on the ground, with a whistling sound from a wound near his chest, likened to an open, cleft lip.

Ḥalīl is a husband or intimate partner; ghāniyah a notably beautiful woman; mujaddalan means thrown to the ground, and farīṣah denotes an area near the side of the chest. Tamkū evokes a whistling sound. This violent imagery belongs to the boast-of-arms convention, not a general celebration of harm.