"Naja" Quotes from Famous Books
 ... with drought at Bassorah and went forth sundry times to pray for rain, but saw no sign of our prayers being accepted. So I went, I and 'Itaa al-Salam and Sbit al-Banni and Naja al-Baka and Mohammed bin Wsi'a and Ayyb al-Sukhtiyni and Habb al-Farsi and Hassn bin Abi Sinn and 'Otbah al-Ghulm and Slih al-Muzani,[FN468] till we reached the oratory,[FN469] when the boys came out of the schools and we prayed for rain, but saw no sign of acceptance. ...
— The Book of the Thousand Nights and a Night, Volume 5 • Richard F. Burton
... approach, a white turret. It is called by the natives the Bowl of Bazeen, the latter word signifying an Arab dish, somewhat resembling a hasty pudding. The halt was made at the end of ten hours, in a sandy wady, called Boo-naja, twenty-two miles south-southeast ...
— Lander's Travels - The Travels of Richard Lander into the Interior of Africa • Robert Huish |
