«حَتَّى صَفِرَتِ الرَّاحَةُ وَقَرِعَتِ السَّاحَةُ»
Until the palm was emptied and the courtyard became deserted.
Ṣafirat al-rāḥah depicts an empty palm; qariʿat al-sāḥah pictures an abandoned courtyard. The first is a close-up of personal means; the second broadens the scene to the household. Their matching sounds make two losses feel interconnected.
Here al-rāḥah means palm, not rest. The verbs and the neighbouring courtyard image supply the context that selects the intended sense.
Two valid levels: the literal image is an empty palm; its inferred effect is loss of financial means.