Nabir

• Arab nabi: prophet → wabsanti → in the Qur'an Mohammed is the last of the twenty-five prophets of Islam

• nadir: the lowest point; the point of the heavens diametrically opposite the zenith

• a nod to the nadir: in Greek mythology Zeus bowed his head as a sign that he intended to fulfil someone's prayers → Iliad 1.524 ff: "I will bow my head – and the immortals recognize no surer pledge from me than that. When I promise with a nod, there can be no deceit, no turning back, no missing of the mark."