ExpressionLiteral imageLiterary effect
أَسَدLionBravery and menace
شَاكِي السِّلَاحFully armedReadiness for battle
لُبَدThick maneSustained intimidation
أَظْفَارُهُ لَمْ تُقَلَّمUnclipped clawsThreat of attack
The portrait goes beyond bodily size: it embodies a complete martial danger through the lion image. Extending the image makes the expression richer than a single comparison.
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Zuhayr ibn Abī Sulmā: Ḥuṣayn ibn Ḍamḍam, Revenge and the Cost of Bloodshed (Verses 33–42)
ExpressionLiteral imageLiterary effect
أَسَدLionBravery and menace
شَاكِي السِّلَاحFully armedReadiness for battle
لُبَدThick maneSustained intimidation
أَظْفَارُهُ لَمْ تُقَلَّمUnclipped clawsThreat of attack
The portrait goes beyond bodily size: it embodies a complete martial danger through the lion image. Extending the image makes the expression richer than a single comparison.