The Book of the Thousand Nights and a Night, Volume 1 · Richard Francis Burton translation

Note 437
TALE OF NUR AL-DIN AND HIS SON.

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Arab. "Labbayka," the cry technically called "Talbiyah" and used by those entering Meccah (Pilgrimage iii. 125-232). I shall also translate it by "Adsum." The full cry is:—

Here am I, O Allah, here am I! No partner hast Thou, here am I: Verily the praise and the grace and the kingdom are thine: No partner hast Thou: here am I!

A single Talbiyah is a "Shart" or positive condition: and its repetition is a Sunnat or Custom of the Prophet. See Night xci.

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…yielded her person to this accursed carle." So he came to the door of the bride's private chamber and said, "Ho! Sitt al-Husn." She answered him, "Here am I! here am I!" [FN#437] O my lord," and came out unsteady of gait after the pains and pleasures of the night; and she kissed his hand, her face showing redoubled brightness and beauty for having lain in the arms of that gazelle, her cousin. When her father, the Wazir, saw he…

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Note 437TALE OF NUR AL-DIN AND HIS SON.

Note 437
TALE OF NUR AL-DIN AND HIS SON.