Labīd ibn Rabīʿah: Hospitality, Justice, Trust and Tribal Leadership (Verses 70–88)

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• What is suggested by “ghurabāʾuhā majhūlah”?
• What contrast lies between “nawāfiluhā” and “dhāmuhā”?
• Which characteristic is conveyed by “ghulb”?
• Which literary device is most prominent in “jinn al-badī”?
• What conduct does the poet claim in “ankartu bāṭilahā wa-buʾtu bi-ḥaqqihā”?
• What does “jazūr” denote here?
• What are the “maghāliq” in this passage?
• How do “ʿāqir” and “muṭfil” differ?
• What social result of the slaughter is named in verse 74?
• Who is meant by “al-jār al-janīb”?
• What does the Tabālah simile convey for guests?
• What are “al-aṭnāb”?
• What historical reference does “al-baliyyah” carry?
• What scene is conveyed by “al-riyāḥ tanāwaḥat”?
• What is the principal role of the overflowing bowls image?
• What sort of person is described by “jashshām”?
• What is the morphological status of “muqassim”?
• What quality is conveyed by “mughadmir”?
• What do “kasūb” and “ghannām” have in common?
• What does “sunnah” mean in verse 81?
• What does “aḥlāmuhā” mean in context?
• Why, in the poet’s account, do their deeds remain sound?
• What is the verbal form of “faqnaʿ”?
• What does the pattern of “ʿallāmuhā” emphasize?
• What is the voice of “qussimat”?
• What does the lofty house suggest?
• What is the effect of repeating “wa-hum” in verse 86?
• What does “afẓaʿat” express?
• What is rabīʿ in “wa-hum rabīʿun lil-mujāwir”?
• What communal principle closes the poem?