LessonsLabīd ibn Rabīʿah: Hospitality, Justice, Trust and Tribal Leadership (Verses 70–88)Quiz

تَأْوِي إِلَى الْأَطْنَابِ كُلُّ رَذِيَّةٍ مِثْلَ الْبَلِيَّةِ قَالِصٌ أَهْدَامُهَا
Every destitute woman seeks refuge by the tent ropes, worn as an animal left beside a grave, with scant and ragged clothing.

Taʾwī means to seek refuge and aṭnāb are tent ropes. Radhiyyah normally describes a worn-out animal but is applied figuratively here to an impoverished woman. Baliyyah recalls an animal left by a grave; ahdām are ragged clothes.

The image conveys severe need and vulnerability at the camp. The reference to burial customs is historical, not a religious prescription.

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Verse 76: Shelter at the tent ropes

Labīd ibn Rabīʿah: Hospitality, Justice, Trust and Tribal Leadership (Verses 70–88)

تَأْوِي إِلَى الْأَطْنَابِ كُلُّ رَذِيَّةٍ مِثْلَ الْبَلِيَّةِ قَالِصٌ أَهْدَامُهَا
Every destitute woman seeks refuge by the tent ropes, worn as an animal left beside a grave, with scant and ragged clothing.

Taʾwī means to seek refuge and aṭnāb are tent ropes. Radhiyyah normally describes a worn-out animal but is applied figuratively here to an impoverished woman. Baliyyah recalls an animal left by a grave; ahdām are ragged clothes.

The image conveys severe need and vulnerability at the camp. The reference to burial customs is historical, not a religious prescription.