LessonsLabīd ibn Rabīʿah: Deserted Dwellings, Seasons, Wildlife and Traces of the Past (Verses 1–10)Quiz

مِنْ كُلِّ سَارِيَةٍ وَغَادٍ مُدْجِنٍ ۞ وَعَشِيَّةٍ مُتَجَاوِبٍ إِرْزَامُهَا
They came from clouds travelling by night, from morning cloud that gathered and lingered, and from evening storms whose rumbling seemed to answer from one cloud to another.

Sāriyah describes a rain-bearing cloud travelling by night, while ghādin mudjin evokes thick cloud in the morning. “Mutajāwibin irzāmuhā” conveys rumbling that seems to answer across the sky. The succession of times of day emphasizes the persistence and soundscape of the rain.

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Verse 5: rain by night, morning and evening

Labīd ibn Rabīʿah: Deserted Dwellings, Seasons, Wildlife and Traces of the Past (Verses 1–10)

مِنْ كُلِّ سَارِيَةٍ وَغَادٍ مُدْجِنٍ ۞ وَعَشِيَّةٍ مُتَجَاوِبٍ إِرْزَامُهَا
They came from clouds travelling by night, from morning cloud that gathered and lingered, and from evening storms whose rumbling seemed to answer from one cloud to another.

Sāriyah describes a rain-bearing cloud travelling by night, while ghādin mudjin evokes thick cloud in the morning. “Mutajāwibin irzāmuhā” conveys rumbling that seems to answer across the sky. The succession of times of day emphasizes the persistence and soundscape of the rain.