Al-Ṣafā and al-Marwa are the two named sites of the rite. The verb saʿā has a wider lexical sense of exerting oneself or moving purposefully; in Hajj it names a defined ritual traversal.
Istiqbāl means facing a direction—in this passage, turning toward the Kaaba.
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Book of Hajj: Sa’y between Safa and Marwa and the Day of Tarwiyah
Al-Ṣafā and al-Marwa are the two named sites of the rite. The verb saʿā has a wider lexical sense of exerting oneself or moving purposefully; in Hajj it names a defined ritual traversal.
Istiqbāl means facing a direction—in this passage, turning toward the Kaaba.