They say - Or, “They keep saying:” it was an often-repeated cry, even while expiring upon their mother’s bosom.

They say ... —The words seem to paint what was actually passing before the writer’s eye, but may be the vivid present which repres…

There is either a personification in the words of the Prophet, or he is speaking of a different group. He cannot be referring to children nursing a…

They say to their mothers, where [is] corn and wine ?
&c.] Not the sucklings who could not speak, nor were used to c…

Causes for lamentation are described. Multitudes perished by famine. Even little children were slain by their mother's hands and eaten, according t…

Here he exposes the course of their death in order to arouse greater mercy.

1. The petition they make to their mothers: where is …