Wa-alqā ... biʿāʿahu treats the flood as though it unloads its cargo. Nuzūl al-yamānī recalls a travelling merchant arriving and opening his bundles.
After heavy rain, branches, weeds, earth, and other deposits may be spread across a plain. The comparison clarifies that the likeness lies in the scattered arrangement of materials, not in actual trade.
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Imruʾ al-Qays: Lightning, Rain, Floods, and the Muʿallaqah’s Finale (Verses 70–81)
Wa-alqā ... biʿāʿahu treats the flood as though it unloads its cargo. Nuzūl al-yamānī recalls a travelling merchant arriving and opening his bundles.
After heavy rain, branches, weeds, earth, and other deposits may be spread across a plain. The comparison clarifies that the likeness lies in the scattered arrangement of materials, not in actual trade.