تَرَكْنَا الْخَيْلَ عَاكِفَةً عَلَيْهِ مُقَلَّدَةً أَعِنَّتَهَا صُفُونَا
We left the horses standing in attendance around him, their reins hanging, poised in ordered stillness.
ʿĀkifah means remaining stationed or in attendance, and describes the horses. Muqalladatan aʿinnatahā evokes bridles or reins hanging upon them. Ṣufūnā denotes a particular poised standing posture.
The image is not a charge at full speed. It presents armed readiness through controlled stillness: a military force capable of action, yet ordered and waiting.