LessonsLabīd ibn Rabīʿah: Resolve, Nawār and Pre-Islamic Night Gatherings (Verses 54–61)Quiz

ExpressionContributionlaylah ṭalqAn easy, unconfined nightladhīdhPleasurable sensationlahwuhāRecreation or diversionnidāmuhāFellow participants in company

A single experience acquires time, feeling, activity and human company. Rather than merely saying he was happy, the poet sketches the atmosphere of a gathering.

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Labīd ibn Rabīʿah: Resolve, Nawār and Pre-Islamic Night Gatherings (Verses 54–61)

ExpressionContributionlaylah ṭalqAn easy, unconfined nightladhīdhPleasurable sensationlahwuhāRecreation or diversionnidāmuhāFellow participants in company

A single experience acquires time, feeling, activity and human company. Rather than merely saying he was happy, the poet sketches the atmosphere of a gathering.