«وَإِذَا نَزَلْنَا مَنْزِلًا أَوْ وَرَدْنَا مَنْهَلًا»
Whenever we halted at a lodging place or arrived at a water stop.
Manzil is a place where travellers stop; manhal is a place they reach for water. They are related in travel but not exact synonyms.
Nazalnā and waradnā are first-person plural past verbs. Their pairing, with the similarly sounding nouns, creates precise and measured narrative movement.
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The Dimyāṭī Maqāmah: Fellowship on the Road and a Night Halt
«وَإِذَا نَزَلْنَا مَنْزِلًا أَوْ وَرَدْنَا مَنْهَلًا»
Whenever we halted at a lodging place or arrived at a water stop.
Manzil is a place where travellers stop; manhal is a place they reach for water. They are related in travel but not exact synonyms.
Nazalnā and waradnā are first-person plural past verbs. Their pairing, with the similarly sounding nouns, creates precise and measured narrative movement.