«نَظِيفَ الظَّرْفِ، أَرِيجَ الْعَرْفِ، نَاعِمَ السَّحْقِ»
Its container should be clean, its scent fragrant, and its powder finely ground.
Ẓarf is a vessel, ʿarf scent, and saḥq grinding or fineness of powder. The succession of criteria is both excessive and musical: container, smell, and texture are described in an intentionally polished rhythm. Ẓarf/ʿarf produces a striking sound pairing.
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The Barqaʿīd Maqāmah: Abū Zayd’s Sight, the Cleansing Ruse and His Escape
«نَظِيفَ الظَّرْفِ، أَرِيجَ الْعَرْفِ، نَاعِمَ السَّحْقِ»
Its container should be clean, its scent fragrant, and its powder finely ground.
Ẓarf is a vessel, ʿarf scent, and saḥq grinding or fineness of powder. The succession of criteria is both excessive and musical: container, smell, and texture are described in an intentionally polished rhythm. Ẓarf/ʿarf produces a striking sound pairing.