Ghuluw is hyperbole whose imagined state is impossible even in reason. It is not intended as a factual report but as an extreme imaginative portrayal.
«تَكَادُ قِسِيُّهُ مِنْ غَيْرِ رَامٍ»
His bows seem ready, even without an archer,
«تُمَكِّنُ فِي قُلُوبِهِمُ النِّبَالَا»
to plant arrows in their enemies' hearts.
Bows firing themselves without an archer describe an impossible situation, making this ghuluw. The point is the extraordinary terror associated with the warrior.
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Semantic Embellishments II: Gathering, Differentiation, Division, Hyperbole, and Further Devices
Ghuluw is hyperbole whose imagined state is impossible even in reason. It is not intended as a factual report but as an extreme imaginative portrayal.
«تَكَادُ قِسِيُّهُ مِنْ غَيْرِ رَامٍ»
His bows seem ready, even without an archer,
«تُمَكِّنُ فِي قُلُوبِهِمُ النِّبَالَا»
to plant arrows in their enemies' hearts.
Bows firing themselves without an archer describe an impossible situation, making this ghuluw. The point is the extraordinary terror associated with the warrior.