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

Praise and warning are complementary in this section. The oath makes praise a solemn testimony; repeated dual forms emphasize collective leadership; the Manshim idiom conveys the horror of war; and miʾīn and gharāmah make the cost of peace measurable.

With alā abligh, the speaker shifts to warning the tribes themselves: after such material sacrifice, keeping the treaty is essential. The next verse, wa-mā al-ḥarbu illā mā ʿalimtum wa-dhuqtum, begins the direct analysis of war’s destructive consequences. The present lesson therefore closes at the natural boundary between reconciliation and the ensuing warning about warfare.

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Synthesis: the logic of verses 16–27

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

Praise and warning are complementary in this section. The oath makes praise a solemn testimony; repeated dual forms emphasize collective leadership; the Manshim idiom conveys the horror of war; and miʾīn and gharāmah make the cost of peace measurable.

With alā abligh, the speaker shifts to warning the tribes themselves: after such material sacrifice, keeping the treaty is essential. The next verse, wa-mā al-ḥarbu illā mā ʿalimtum wa-dhuqtum, begins the direct analysis of war’s destructive consequences. The present lesson therefore closes at the natural boundary between reconciliation and the ensuing warning about warfare.