وَإِذَا أَشَارَ مُحَدِّثًا فَكَأَنَّهُ قِرْدٌ يُقَهْقِهُ، أَوْ عَجُوزٌ تَلْطِمُ
When he gestures while speaking, he is likened to a monkey laughing loudly or an old woman striking her cheeks.
The verse caricatures the target's manner of speaking and gesture through two scenes intended by the satirist to seem absurd or disagreeable to the audience.
One picture stresses uncontrolled laughter and movement; the other emphasizes striking gestures. Purpose: taqbīḥ, a deliberate disparaging portrayal.
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وَإِذَا أَشَارَ مُحَدِّثًا فَكَأَنَّهُ قِرْدٌ يُقَهْقِهُ، أَوْ عَجُوزٌ تَلْطِمُ
When he gestures while speaking, he is likened to a monkey laughing loudly or an old woman striking her cheeks.
The verse caricatures the target's manner of speaking and gesture through two scenes intended by the satirist to seem absurd or disagreeable to the audience.
One picture stresses uncontrolled laughter and movement; the other emphasizes striking gestures. Purpose: taqbīḥ, a deliberate disparaging portrayal.