Discover the meaning of the term Al-khyma (خيمة) in Islamic vocabulary.
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Updated on 11 April 2026 at 1:05 AM
📖 1 min readA dwelling among the Arabs' dwellings, rounded: it is a house made of wool or cotton, raised on poles and stretched with ropes. 'They khayyamu': they made a tent or entered the tent; 'they camped at a place': they stayed there; 'he tented (takhayyama) at a place': he pitched his tent there. Al-khaym: poles set up in the heat with crosspieces attached and shaded with foliage, being cooler than the akhibba; it has been said it is the tent; plural khim, khiyam, khuyum.
Khayma may be applied to the dwelling; as for the tents mentioned in the Qur'an, God knows their true nature; He said: 'chaste, restrained in tents (al-kiyam).'