Several conditional patterns appear in a short span. Wa-illā takuffū ... yazdad warns of an outcome if an action is not stopped; fa-in mittu fa-nʿaynī states a wish contingent on the speaker's death; and fa-law kuntu waghlan ... la-ḍarranī imagines a condition contrary to his self-portrait.
ConstructionFunction
إِلَّا تَكُفُّواConsequence if restraint fails
إِنْ مِتُّInstruction contingent on death
لَوْ كُنْتُContrary-to-fact hypothesis
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Ṭarafah: The Camel Incident, Courage, and Self-Worth (Verses 89–97)
Several conditional patterns appear in a short span. Wa-illā takuffū ... yazdad warns of an outcome if an action is not stopped; fa-in mittu fa-nʿaynī states a wish contingent on the speaker's death; and fa-law kuntu waghlan ... la-ḍarranī imagines a condition contrary to his self-portrait.
ConstructionFunction
إِلَّا تَكُفُّواConsequence if restraint fails
إِنْ مِتُّInstruction contingent on death
لَوْ كُنْتُContrary-to-fact hypothesis