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

عَفَتِ الدِّيَارُ مَحَلُّهَا فَمُقَامُهَا ۞ بِمِنًى تَأَبَّدَ غَوْلُهَا فَرِجَامُهَا
The dwellings and their places of residence have vanished; at Minā, their areas called Ghawl and Rijām have become desolate and uninhabited.

ʿAfat signals the effacement of traces, not simply an empty house. Maḥalluhā fa-muqāmuhā gathers two related aspects of habitation and residence. Ghawl and Rijām function as named places in the landscape; translating them as ordinary nouns would obscure their toponymic role.

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Verse 1: from habitation to erasure

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

عَفَتِ الدِّيَارُ مَحَلُّهَا فَمُقَامُهَا ۞ بِمِنًى تَأَبَّدَ غَوْلُهَا فَرِجَامُهَا
The dwellings and their places of residence have vanished; at Minā, their areas called Ghawl and Rijām have become desolate and uninhabited.

ʿAfat signals the effacement of traces, not simply an empty house. Maḥalluhā fa-muqāmuhā gathers two related aspects of habitation and residence. Ghawl and Rijām function as named places in the landscape; translating them as ordinary nouns would obscure their toponymic role.