Walk Gently

The reading begins at the base with "Walk gently", then the text rises within a compact circular mass. The returning yāʾ of "al-tharā" (the earth) stretches to reinforce the sense of ground and extent; the inner balance rests on the pairing of the ḥāʾ in "sāḥira" with the ḥāʾ in "al-iḥwirār", and the alif at the top breaks through the edge of the circle, ending the composition in an upward movement beyond it.