Waḍaʿna ʿiṣiyya al-ḥāḍir literally depicts putting down a camper’s staff. In context it denotes making camp and settling for a time. The meaning is reached through a closely associated physical action, a useful example of kināyah (indirect expression).
Al-mutakhayyim emphasizes a person who establishes a tent or camp. The following verse’s thumma jazaʿnahu gives the counter-image of setting out again.
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Zuhayr ibn Abī Sulmā: The Departing Caravan, Travel Imagery and Similes (Verses 7–15)
Waḍaʿna ʿiṣiyya al-ḥāḍir literally depicts putting down a camper’s staff. In context it denotes making camp and settling for a time. The meaning is reached through a closely associated physical action, a useful example of kināyah (indirect expression).
Al-mutakhayyim emphasizes a person who establishes a tent or camp. The following verse’s thumma jazaʿnahu gives the counter-image of setting out again.