LessonsThe Ṣanʿāʾ Maqāmah: From Seeking Help to a Mysterious GatheringQuiz

إِلَى نَادٍ رَحِيبٍ
Toward a spacious gathering place.

Nād is a place where people assemble, and raḥīb means spacious or wide. No individual in that place has yet been introduced; we only know that it is a place of assembly.

He set out looking for one helpful person or literary companion, and reaches a place filled with people.

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A Spacious Meeting Place

The Ṣanʿāʾ Maqāmah: From Seeking Help to a Mysterious Gathering

إِلَى نَادٍ رَحِيبٍ
Toward a spacious gathering place.

Nād is a place where people assemble, and raḥīb means spacious or wide. No individual in that place has yet been introduced; we only know that it is a place of assembly.

He set out looking for one helpful person or literary companion, and reaches a place filled with people.