Zuhayr ibn Abī Sulmā: Ḥuṣayn ibn Ḍamḍam, Revenge and the Cost of Bloodshed (Verses 33–42)
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- Who brought an unwelcome calamity upon the tribe in verse 33?
- What is the function of la-ʿamrī?
- What is the grammatical category of niʿma in la-niʿma al-ḥayy?
- Which meaning best suits jarra ʿalayhim?
- How should ṭawā kashḥan be read in this context?
- What does mustakinnah characterize in verse 34?
- What is the antecedent of -hā in abdāhā?
- What does the prefix sa- indicate in sa-aqḍī ḥājatī?
- What sequence is established by thumma attaqī?
- What does muljam mean in the verse?
- What does Umm Qashʿam stand for here?
- What is the role of ḥaythu in ḥaythu alqat raḥlahā?
- What does asad portray in verse 37?
- What feature does shākī al-silāḥ emphasize?
- What are lubad in the lion image?
- What grammatical structure is matā yuẓlam yuʿāqib?
- What is the key difference between yuẓlam and yaẓlim?
- What contrasting case does wa-illā introduce in verse 38?
- From what original semantic field are raʿaw and awradū drawn?
- What is the underlying image in ghimāran?
- What does bi-l-silāḥi wa-bi-l-dami clarify in verse 39?
- How does aṣdarū relate to awradū?
- What sort of pasture is kalaʾin mustawbilin mutawakhkhim?
- What is the main effect of the pastoral metaphor in verses 39–40?
- What does la-ʿamruka signify at the opening of verse 41?
- Why does Zuhayr mention several people by name in verses 41–42?
- Which earlier word accounts for the feminine singular shārakat?
- What is achieved by repeating wa-lā in verse 42?
- How do the revenge episode and the final denials relate?
- What is the key contrast in jarra ʿalayhim from the opening to the ending?