File:Thurayya-Nufud.png
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Al-Ṯurayyā (the Pleiades) above the sands of al-Nufūd, carpeted with aqḥuwān blossoms, echoing the poetic comparison:
“Al-Ṯurayyā has appeared to the night traveller,
as though its stars were daisy blossoms.”
وَقَد لاحَت لِساريها الثُرَيّا
كَأَنَّ نُجومَها نَورُ الأَقاحِ
CC BY, Khalid Al-Ajaji, 2026.
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| current | 19:10, 2 November 2026 | | 3,360 × 2,240 (12.39 MB) | KhalidAlAjaji (talk | contribs) | ''Al-Ṯurayyā'' (the Pleiades) above the sands of al-Nufūd, carpeted with ''aqḥuwān'' blossoms, echoing the poetic comparison:<br /> “Al-Ṯurayyā has appeared to the night traveller,<br /> as though its stars were daisy blossoms.”<br /> <span dir="rtl">وَقَد لاحَت لِساريها الثُرَيّا<br /> كَأَنَّ نُجومَها نَورُ الأَقاحِ</span><br /> CC BY, Khalid Al-Ajaji, 2026. |
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