 our companions said we stayed with some people from the island and they were in a cold country and their firewood was the worst kind and the whole land was one forest of tamarisk. so we said
قال أصحابنا نزلنا بناس من أهل الجزيرة، وإذا هم في بلاد باردة، وإذا حطبهم شر حطب، وإذا الأرض كلها غابة واحدة طرفاء ٢ . فقلنا