Wa-marra ʿalā al-Qanān min nafayānihi shows the rain reaching a mountain. The consequence, fa-anzala minhu al-ʿuṣm, is that mountain creatures abandon their high refuges.
The preceding verse toppled trees; this verse displaces animals. Together they indicate one storm’s force through its impact on plant life and animal life.
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Imruʾ al-Qays: Lightning, Rain, Floods, and the Muʿallaqah’s Finale (Verses 70–81)
Wa-marra ʿalā al-Qanān min nafayānihi shows the rain reaching a mountain. The consequence, fa-anzala minhu al-ʿuṣm, is that mountain creatures abandon their high refuges.
The preceding verse toppled trees; this verse displaces animals. Together they indicate one storm’s force through its impact on plant life and animal life.