LessonsThe Barqaʿīd Maqāmah: Abū Zayd’s Sight, the Cleansing Ruse and His EscapeQuiz

«مَعَ سَيْرِكَ فِي الْمَعَامِي، وَجَوْبِكَ الْمَوَامِي»
Even as you travel through remote wastes and cross empty expanses.

The narrator adds a practical objection: how could someone assumed to be blind negotiate distant paths? Maʿāmī suggests difficult, obscure ways and mawāmī open desert wastes. Their patterned sounds intensify the image of travel hardship.

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The risks of distant travel

The Barqaʿīd Maqāmah: Abū Zayd’s Sight, the Cleansing Ruse and His Escape

«مَعَ سَيْرِكَ فِي الْمَعَامِي، وَجَوْبِكَ الْمَوَامِي»
Even as you travel through remote wastes and cross empty expanses.

The narrator adds a practical objection: how could someone assumed to be blind negotiate distant paths? Maʿāmī suggests difficult, obscure ways and mawāmī open desert wastes. Their patterned sounds intensify the image of travel hardship.