إِلَى صَنْعَاءَ الْيَمَنِ
To Ṣanʿāʾ in Yemen.
The traveller's destination is now identified. Ṣanʿāʾ also explains the title الصنعانية: the first maqāmah is associated with that city.
Notice the progression: إلى gives the destination toward which he was driven; the later فدخلتها records his actual entry into it.
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The Ṣanʿāʾ Maqāmah: A Stranger with Empty Provisions
إِلَى صَنْعَاءَ الْيَمَنِ
To Ṣanʿāʾ in Yemen.
The traveller's destination is now identified. Ṣanʿāʾ also explains the title الصنعانية: the first maqāmah is associated with that city.
Notice the progression: إلى gives the destination toward which he was driven; the later فدخلتها records his actual entry into it.