آيَةُ شَارِقِ الشَّقِيقَةِ إِذْ جَاءَتْ مَعَدٌّ لِكُلِّ حَيٍّ لِوَاءُ
Meaning: One proof is the affair at Shāriq al-Shaqīqah, when groups of Maʿadd came, each clan bearing its banner.
The commentary explains al-shaqīqah as a stretch of firm land between sandy areas, while shāriq has associations with rising or illumination. Together they identify a remembered location or event.
Maʿadd is a broad tribal designation. Li-kulli ḥayyin liwāʾ pictures each clan under its own standard, making the scene unmistakably collective and military rather than a meeting of solitary travellers.