Lessonsal-Ḥārith ibn Ḥillizah: Separation, Asmāʾ’s Dwellings, Hind’s Fire and the She-Camel (verses 1–13)Quiz

لَا أَرَى مَنْ عَهِدْتُ فِيهَا فَأَبْكِي ۞ الْيَوْمَ دَلَهًا وَمَا يُحِيرُ الْبُكَاءُ
Translation: I can no longer see those I once knew in these places. I weep today in distraction—yet what can weeping bring back?

Lā arā man ʿahidtu fīhā contrasts the continued existence of places with the absence of people. Dalahā conveys the disturbed state of grief.

Wa-mā yuḥīru al-bukāʾu is rhetorical: tears cannot restore the departed. It registers helplessness rather than seeking an actual factual answer.

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Verse 5: grief and the limits of tears

al-Ḥārith ibn Ḥillizah: Separation, Asmāʾ’s Dwellings, Hind’s Fire and the She-Camel (verses 1–13)

لَا أَرَى مَنْ عَهِدْتُ فِيهَا فَأَبْكِي ۞ الْيَوْمَ دَلَهًا وَمَا يُحِيرُ الْبُكَاءُ
Translation: I can no longer see those I once knew in these places. I weep today in distraction—yet what can weeping bring back?

Lā arā man ʿahidtu fīhā contrasts the continued existence of places with the absence of people. Dalahā conveys the disturbed state of grief.

Wa-mā yuḥīru al-bukāʾu is rhetorical: tears cannot restore the departed. It registers helplessness rather than seeking an actual factual answer.