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

TermMeaningمَرَابِيعSpringtime seasonal rainsوَدْقFalling rainجَوْدCopious rainfallرِهَامFine, light rain

Ruziqat is a passive perfect: rains are presented as something bestowed upon deserted ground, implicitly animating the scene. The expression ṣābahā concerns the rain reaching the land, while al-rawāʿid characterizes the thunder-bearing clouds.

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Verse 4: a vocabulary of rainfall

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

TermMeaningمَرَابِيعSpringtime seasonal rainsوَدْقFalling rainجَوْدCopious rainfallرِهَامFine, light rain

Ruziqat is a passive perfect: rains are presented as something bestowed upon deserted ground, implicitly animating the scene. The expression ṣābahā concerns the rain reaching the land, while al-rawāʿid characterizes the thunder-bearing clouds.