«إِنَّ الْبُغَاثَ بِأَرْضِنَا لَا يَسْتَنْسِرُ»
In our land, a weak bird does not become an eagle.
Al-bughāth suggests an inferior or feeble bird. Yastansiru evokes becoming like a nasr, a powerful bird of prey. The scene employs an animal comparison to belittle an alleged literary challenger.
The device is rhetorically forceful but also dismissive. Such a taunt signals the group's resistance; it does not by itself establish that the elder's proposed writer lacks ability. The coming exercise will be a more meaningful test.