LessonsṬarafah: Tribal Gatherings, Song, Extravagance, and Isolation (Verses 47–54)Quiz

In introduces a jussive condition, with yaltaqi its conditional verb. Al-ḥayyu is the subject and al-jamīʿu emphasizes the community’s entirety. Tulāqinī is the result clause, with the attached first-person pronoun functioning as its object.

Ilā dhurwah marks direction toward the summit. The social sense involves an understood relation to the summit of rank, rather than a literal bodily location. The conditional construction dramatizes what an observer would allegedly find at a complete tribal gathering.

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Grammar of verse 47: condition and response

Ṭarafah: Tribal Gatherings, Song, Extravagance, and Isolation (Verses 47–54)

In introduces a jussive condition, with yaltaqi its conditional verb. Al-ḥayyu is the subject and al-jamīʿu emphasizes the community’s entirety. Tulāqinī is the result clause, with the attached first-person pronoun functioning as its object.

Ilā dhurwah marks direction toward the summit. The social sense involves an understood relation to the summit of rank, rather than a literal bodily location. The conditional construction dramatizes what an observer would allegedly find at a complete tribal gathering.