According to al-Maqrīzī, many people living in the area believed that the increased sand covering the Giza Plateau was retribution for al-Dahr's act of defacement.
Təna al-Maqrīzī, adinat ajotnen ədaran daɣ akal aɣelan təwa ƭ ən tamalalt tilsa edag wan Gizah eqalan adagal nazagar ən al-Dahr.