LessonsAt-Tamyīz: Clarifying Quantities and Sentence RelationsQuiz

وَجَرِيبَانِ قُطْنًا، وَمَا فِي السَّمَاءِ قَدْرُ رَاحَةٍ سَحَابًا، وَعَلَى التَّمْرَةِ مِثْلَهَا زُبْدًا.
Translation: And two jarīb measures of cotton; there is not even a palm-sized amount of cloud in the sky; and on the date is an equal amount of butter.

Jarīb is a traditional measure; rāḥah denotes the palm of the hand and mithlahā expresses an equal amount. In each case the tamyīz identifies what the measure concerns.

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At-Tamyīz: Clarifying Quantities and Sentence Relations

وَجَرِيبَانِ قُطْنًا، وَمَا فِي السَّمَاءِ قَدْرُ رَاحَةٍ سَحَابًا، وَعَلَى التَّمْرَةِ مِثْلَهَا زُبْدًا.
Translation: And two jarīb measures of cotton; there is not even a palm-sized amount of cloud in the sky; and on the date is an equal amount of butter.

Jarīb is a traditional measure; rāḥah denotes the palm of the hand and mithlahā expresses an equal amount. In each case the tamyīz identifies what the measure concerns.