فَلَمْ أَرَ أَعْجَبَ مِنْهَا فِي تَصَارِيفِ الْأَسْفَارِ، وَلَا قَرَأْتُ مِثْلَهَا فِي تَصَانِيفِ الْأَسْفَارِ
I have seen nothing more astonishing amid the turns of my travels, nor read anything like it in written books.
The first asfār means journeys; the second means books. The near-parallel taṣārīf / taṣānīf further binds the closing sentence through sound. The final line brings together the world of travel and the world of literature.
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The Maʿarran Maqāmah — A Ruse Exposed and the Judge’s Warning
فَلَمْ أَرَ أَعْجَبَ مِنْهَا فِي تَصَارِيفِ الْأَسْفَارِ، وَلَا قَرَأْتُ مِثْلَهَا فِي تَصَانِيفِ الْأَسْفَارِ
I have seen nothing more astonishing amid the turns of my travels, nor read anything like it in written books.
The first asfār means journeys; the second means books. The near-parallel taṣārīf / taṣānīf further binds the closing sentence through sound. The final line brings together the world of travel and the world of literature.