سَيَأْكُلُ دُودُ الأَرْضِ صَكَّ حِصَارِهِمْ
The worms of the earth will eat the deed of their siege.
The closing line of «The Ravine of Iran» (2026). Listen: https://distrokid.com/hyperfollow/lisanalghayb/the-ravine-of-iran
#qasida #dune #fremen #babylon #islam

وَبِالبَيتِ حَقِّ البَيتِ مِن بَطنِ مَكَّةٍ
By the House, the House's right, from the heart of Mecca.
Abū Ṭālib, c. 616. Part 1 of our Lāmiyya: https://distrokid.com/hyperfollow/lisanalghayb/the-ravine-and-the-oath
#AbuTalib #dune #fremen #babylon #islam

تَعَلَّمَ شَعْبِي الصَّبْرَ فِي شِعْبِ هَاشِمٍ
My people learned patience in the Ravine of Hāshim.
A 2026 qasida in the meter of Abū Ṭālib's Lāmiyya. Listen: https://distrokid.com/hyperfollow/lisanalghayb/the-ravine-of-iran
#qasida #dune #fremen #babylon #islam

وَأَبيَضَ يُستَسقى الغَمامُ بِوَجهِهِ
And a fair one by whose face the clouds are asked for rain.
Abū Ṭālib, c. 619, on the Prophet. Our setting: https://distrokid.com/hyperfollow/lisanalghayb/the-ravine-and-the-oath
#AbuTalib #dune #fremen #babylon #islam

The Fremen have discovered water sports
#Dune #DunePartTwo #Fremen #Arrakis #PaulAtreides #DuneFanArt #FanArt #DigitalArt #CharacterArt

هَذا الّذي تَعرِفُ البَطْحاءُ وَطْأتَهُ
This is the one whose footstep the valley of Mecca knows.
Al-Farazdaq, at the Kaaba in 732, naming to Caliph Hisham the man the caliph pretended not to know. He was imprisoned for it.
#Farazdaq #Arabicpoetry #LisanAlGhayb #dune #fremen #babylon #islam

هذه قصورهم وهذه قبورهم
These are their palaces, and these are their graves.
Bahlul of Kufa, when Harun al-Rashid asked him for counsel on the road, 8th century. The line is attributed, which is how the adab tradition carries it.
#Bahlul #adab #LisanAlGhayb #dune #fremen #babylon #islam