To whom the goodly earth and air Are banned

Vengeful Hera transformed her [Io] into an animal (a beautiful cow), and imposed upon her the company of a gadfly to sting her continuously, thus forcing her to escape on an endless pilgrimage.

Shaqya's case, like that of Idris, shows that Zaydist propaganda had reached the Berbers, creating an atmosphere which was favourable to the reception as Imams of figures descending from al- Nafs al-Zakiyya, or claiming such descent.

He's black, but doesn't have a trace of a blaccent.