LessonsZuhayr ibn Abī Sulmā: Reconciling ʿAbs and Dhubyān, Honoring Peacemakers and Keeping Covenants (Verses 16–27)Quiz

فَأَصْبَحْتُمَا مِنْهَا عَلَى خَيْرِ مَوْطِنٍ ۞ بَعِيدَيْنِ فِيهَا مِنْ عُقُوقٍ وَمَأْثَمِ
Meaning: Thus in this affair you two attained the finest standing, far removed from breaking kinship and from sin.

Fa-aṣbaḥtumā uses aṣbaḥa in its linking sense to describe what the two leaders have become. ʿAlā khayri mawṭin is a figure for an excellent moral and social position, not necessarily a precise geographical location.

ʿUqūq implies failing or severing kinship obligations, while maʾtham is wrongdoing or sin. The settlement is praised as an act that repairs not only political relations but also the obligations binding relatives and neighboring clans.

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Verse 20: an honorable standing after reconciliation

Zuhayr ibn Abī Sulmā: Reconciling ʿAbs and Dhubyān, Honoring Peacemakers and Keeping Covenants (Verses 16–27)

فَأَصْبَحْتُمَا مِنْهَا عَلَى خَيْرِ مَوْطِنٍ ۞ بَعِيدَيْنِ فِيهَا مِنْ عُقُوقٍ وَمَأْثَمِ
Meaning: Thus in this affair you two attained the finest standing, far removed from breaking kinship and from sin.

Fa-aṣbaḥtumā uses aṣbaḥa in its linking sense to describe what the two leaders have become. ʿAlā khayri mawṭin is a figure for an excellent moral and social position, not necessarily a precise geographical location.

ʿUqūq implies failing or severing kinship obligations, while maʾtham is wrongdoing or sin. The settlement is praised as an act that repairs not only political relations but also the obligations binding relatives and neighboring clans.