Ḥamalnāhum ʿalā ḥazmi Thahlān does not mean literally carrying the opponents by hand; the contextual sense is pushing or driving them toward a location. ʿAlā marks that direction or destination.
Shilālan compresses the manner of movement into one word: a force scattering in hurried retreat. Damiya al-ansāʾu is a verbal clause describing the resulting wounds. Action, movement and consequence give the verse its momentum.
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al-Ḥārith ibn Ḥillizah: Courtroom Advocacy, Three Proofs and Battle Similes (verses 47–55)
Ḥamalnāhum ʿalā ḥazmi Thahlān does not mean literally carrying the opponents by hand; the contextual sense is pushing or driving them toward a location. ʿAlā marks that direction or destination.
Shilālan compresses the manner of movement into one word: a force scattering in hurried retreat. Damiya al-ansāʾu is a verbal clause describing the resulting wounds. Action, movement and consequence give the verse its momentum.