LessonsZuhayr ibn Abī Sulmā: Abandoned Dwellings, Recognition After Twenty Years, and Greeting the Ruins (Verses 1–6)Quiz

بِهَا الْعِينُ وَالْآرَامُ يَمْشِينَ خِلْفَةً ۞ وَأَطْلَاؤُهَا يَنْهَضْنَ مِنْ كُلِّ مَجْثَمِ
Meaning: Wide-eyed wild animals and pale gazelles now move through the place in turns, while their young rise from their various resting places.

Al-ʿīn refers to large-eyed wild creatures, especially wild cattle in the traditional explanation, and al-ārām to light-colored gazelles or antelope. Animals roaming freely through a former human encampment create an important contrast: a place once occupied by people has passed back into the world of wildlife.

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Verse 3: wild creatures among abandoned dwellings

Zuhayr ibn Abī Sulmā: Abandoned Dwellings, Recognition After Twenty Years, and Greeting the Ruins (Verses 1–6)

بِهَا الْعِينُ وَالْآرَامُ يَمْشِينَ خِلْفَةً ۞ وَأَطْلَاؤُهَا يَنْهَضْنَ مِنْ كُلِّ مَجْثَمِ
Meaning: Wide-eyed wild animals and pale gazelles now move through the place in turns, while their young rise from their various resting places.

Al-ʿīn refers to large-eyed wild creatures, especially wild cattle in the traditional explanation, and al-ārām to light-colored gazelles or antelope. Animals roaming freely through a former human encampment create an important contrast: a place once occupied by people has passed back into the world of wildlife.