How should lā abā laka be understood here?
Zuhayr ibn Abī Sulmā: Age, Mortality, Honor, and Keeping Promises (Verses 43–52)
- A factual statement about parentage
- A testamentary instruction
- A conventional emphatic address
- The name of an opposing clan
Zuhayr ibn Abī Sulmā: Age, Mortality, Honor, and Keeping Promises (Verses 43–52)