Why the pre-Islamic Arabs were not to be messed with...
Don't you see that man is pledged to death,
[To die either in battle, to become the prey of carrion and vultures (tayr),
Or [to die in bed] to be buried in dust?
So don't yield to injustice for the fear of death,
Die a free man without compromising your dignity.
- Mutallamis, translated by Kazim Bargnaysi, in "Reflections on a Qur'anic Metaphor: The Meaning of "khatf al-tayr" in Verse 31 of Surat al-Hajj"
[To die either in battle, to become the prey of carrion and vultures (tayr),
Or [to die in bed] to be buried in dust?
So don't yield to injustice for the fear of death,
Die a free man without compromising your dignity.
- Mutallamis, translated by Kazim Bargnaysi, in "Reflections on a Qur'anic Metaphor: The Meaning of "khatf al-tayr" in Verse 31 of Surat al-Hajj"
posted by Asim at 7:57 AM
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