In this explicit simile, the subject is Mount Thabīr, the image is an elder enveloped in a wrap, and the point of comparison is a prominent shape obscured by surrounding layers. Ka-anna signals the comparison openly.
ʿArānīn evokes prominent high parts, retaining the mountain’s form even while rain veils it. Both the mountain and the curtain of rain remain visible in the reader’s imagination.
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Imruʾ al-Qays: Lightning, Rain, Floods, and the Muʿallaqah’s Finale (Verses 70–81)
In this explicit simile, the subject is Mount Thabīr, the image is an elder enveloped in a wrap, and the point of comparison is a prominent shape obscured by surrounding layers. Ka-anna signals the comparison openly.
ʿArānīn evokes prominent high parts, retaining the mountain’s form even while rain veils it. Both the mountain and the curtain of rain remain visible in the reader’s imagination.