The scene uses a raised banner as the wine seller’s identifying sign. In idh rufiʿat, the passive verb places emphasis on the raising of the sign, not on the unnamed person who raised it.
The small detail opens out into a social setting: merchant, visible signal, customers and a scarce commodity. This is a representation of pre-Islamic practice, not a religious endorsement of it.
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Labīd ibn Rabīʿah: Resolve, Nawār and Pre-Islamic Night Gatherings (Verses 54–61)
The scene uses a raised banner as the wine seller’s identifying sign. In idh rufiʿat, the passive verb places emphasis on the raising of the sign, not on the unnamed person who raised it.
The small detail opens out into a social setting: merchant, visible signal, customers and a scarce commodity. This is a representation of pre-Islamic practice, not a religious endorsement of it.