The comparison does more than mention a lamp. Amāla al-salīṭa bi-l-dhubāl introduces the act of tending the oil and wick to make the light vivid.
Verse 70 used movement to convey a flash; verse 71 uses bright lamps to convey its brilliance. These are complementary images of one phenomenon: its rhythm and its intensity.
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Imruʾ al-Qays: Lightning, Rain, Floods, and the Muʿallaqah’s Finale (Verses 70–81)
The comparison does more than mention a lamp. Amāla al-salīṭa bi-l-dhubāl introduces the act of tending the oil and wick to make the light vivid.
Verse 70 used movement to convey a flash; verse 71 uses bright lamps to convey its brilliance. These are complementary images of one phenomenon: its rhythm and its intensity.