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Al-Ghayz, which is a place called "Dunn al-Zin" and "Sha'ba's water" or a place called "Shaghabghab" in the Ghayn, is in the land of Bani Tamim. He says, "Look, my friend, do you see the tents that have traveled? They are raised and covered with Antiochian cloth. Antiochian cloth is a fabric made in Antioch, a village in the Levant. 'Uqm' is a type of embroidery, and some say it is a red garment. 'Jurmah' is what is cut from the palm tree and falls to the ground. It is also narrated as 'kurrat nakhil'. 'Jurabah' is a place with palm trees and crops. He says, 'The travelers have adorned themselves with garments of ashut, in their colors, like the palm trees that have been cut, comparing the redness of the garments and the description of the palm trees to the redness and yellowness of the palm trees, and what is on the howdahs.' 'Kurrat nakhil' means palm trees. Whoever narrates it as 'kurrat nakhil'. And his saying, 'And I am far from the separation of al-Hasab.' 'By God, I have eyes.' 'O God, may you be pleased with him and his family.' 'I am far from the separation of al-Hasab.' Al-Hasab is a place. Al-Hasab is a place where the stones are thrown. And it is called al-Hasab because the cold settles there. And the small stones are called 'hasab'. It is said, 'So-and-so threw stones at so-and-so.' The meaning of the verse is the greatness of separation. His saying, 'By God, I have eyes.' Whoever sees... And whoever leaves al-Hasab does not return to it. Ibn al-Sirafi said, 'Al-Hasab is the place where...' The Arabs gathered from the outskirts of the desert, and they saw each other. A man would look at the faces of the women, and perhaps one of them would fall in love with one of the women. When their pilgrimage was completed, they would go their separate ways. And his saying, 'By God, I have eyes.' You say, 'May God give your father strength' when you praise him for something he has done.

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