LessonsṬarafah: Camel’s Pace, Courage, and Social Life (Verses 38–46)Quiz

وَإِنْ شِئْتَ سَامَى وَاسِطَ الْكُورِ رَأْسُهَا
وَعَامَتْ بِضَبْعَيْهَا نَجَاءَ الْخَفَيْدَدِ
Meaning: At the rider’s will her head rises to the level of the saddle’s central height, while her forelimbs move as though swimming, with a speed recalling an ostrich.

Wāsiṭ al-kūr refers to the raised central part of the riding-saddle. Sāmā evokes rising to a level; ʿāmat bi-ḍabʿayhā compares the moving forelimbs to swimming. Al-khafaydad supplies the ostrich image. The verse joins bodily position with the animal’s vigorous gait.

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Verse 39: raised head and swimming-like limbs

Ṭarafah: Camel’s Pace, Courage, and Social Life (Verses 38–46)

وَإِنْ شِئْتَ سَامَى وَاسِطَ الْكُورِ رَأْسُهَا
وَعَامَتْ بِضَبْعَيْهَا نَجَاءَ الْخَفَيْدَدِ
Meaning: At the rider’s will her head rises to the level of the saddle’s central height, while her forelimbs move as though swimming, with a speed recalling an ostrich.

Wāsiṭ al-kūr refers to the raised central part of the riding-saddle. Sāmā evokes rising to a level; ʿāmat bi-ḍabʿayhā compares the moving forelimbs to swimming. Al-khafaydad supplies the ostrich image. The verse joins bodily position with the animal’s vigorous gait.