وَلَهُ رَنَّةُ النِّيَاحَةِ
And his voice had the resonance of lamentation.
Rannah denotes a ringing or resonant cry. Niyāḥah is lamentation or mourning. In context the phrase creates an image of the preacher’s plaintive, moving tone.
The narrator’s earlier perception of sobbing now acquires an audible human focus.
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The Ṣanʿāʾ Maqāmah: The Mysterious Preacher and His Eloquence
وَلَهُ رَنَّةُ النِّيَاحَةِ
And his voice had the resonance of lamentation.
Rannah denotes a ringing or resonant cry. Niyāḥah is lamentation or mourning. In context the phrase creates an image of the preacher’s plaintive, moving tone.
The narrator’s earlier perception of sobbing now acquires an audible human focus.