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The Meaning of “Qifa Nabki”

I’ve gotten enough questions about this to warrant an explanation. The words “qifa nabki” are an allusion to a famous classical Arabic ode, the mu`allaqa of Imru’ al-Qays, an Arabian poet who lived before Islam. The first hemistich of the poem reads: qifā nabki min dhikrā ḥabībin wa manzilī || قفا نبك من ذكرى حبيب … Continue reading →