In ka-lamʿ al-yadayn, the prefixed ka- introduces a simile. The moving hands explain the speed and recurring flashes of lightning, not the physical shape of a hand.
The pairing tarā ... urīka first asks the addressee to look and then offers to show the sight. The scene thus includes a companion as witness and draws the audience’s attention into the act of seeing.
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Imruʾ al-Qays: Lightning, Rain, Floods, and the Muʿallaqah’s Finale (Verses 70–81)
In ka-lamʿ al-yadayn, the prefixed ka- introduces a simile. The moving hands explain the speed and recurring flashes of lightning, not the physical shape of a hand.
The pairing tarā ... urīka first asks the addressee to look and then offers to show the sight. The scene thus includes a companion as witness and draws the audience’s attention into the act of seeing.