For single-storey buildings, mud walls even without stone or wood are completely satisfactory in arabia and stand for centuries if the part next to the ground is of stone so that it does not get washed away by the fed rainstorms.

• 而在阿拉伯的单层建筑中，泥土墙即使没有石块和木材，使用效果也十分好。如果靠近地面的部分采用石头。使其不致被少见的暴风雨冲蚀，这种泥土墙可以使用几百年而不倒塌。