LessonsṬarafah: Three Pleasures of Life and the Certainty of Death (Verses 55–67)Quiz

Verses 62–67 link images of being quenched, earth on a grave, death choosing, a diminishing treasure, and a rope under control. Keeping the images distinct reveals the logic of the sequence more clearly than reducing them to a single statement about mortality.

TermContextual sense
الصَّدِيOne who is thirsty
جَثْوَةMound of earth
صَفِيح مُنَضَّدLayered stone slabs
يَعْتَامSelects or chooses
يَنْفَدRuns out
الطَّوْلLong tethering rope

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Key vocabulary in the meditation on death

Ṭarafah: Three Pleasures of Life and the Certainty of Death (Verses 55–67)

Verses 62–67 link images of being quenched, earth on a grave, death choosing, a diminishing treasure, and a rope under control. Keeping the images distinct reveals the logic of the sequence more clearly than reducing them to a single statement about mortality.

TermContextual sense
الصَّدِيOne who is thirsty
جَثْوَةMound of earth
صَفِيح مُنَضَّدLayered stone slabs
يَعْتَامSelects or chooses
يَنْفَدRuns out
الطَّوْلLong tethering rope

Each item belongs to a larger figure of speech, not merely a dictionary list.