Why is «عَرَضْتُ النَّاقَةَ عَلَى الْحَوْضِ» an inversion?

Iltifāt and Related Departures from Expected Expression

• It is merely a first-to-third person transition
• The lexical meaning of trough is changed metaphorically
• It portrays a future event in the past tense
• The she-camel is presented to the trough rather than the trough to the camel