'From Between the Backbone and the Upper Ribs': A Comparison
- philhoraia
- Apr 3, 2024
- 1 min read
Updated: Apr 4, 2024
S 86:5-7 So let man see from what he was created. / He was created from water pouring out. / Coming out from between the backbone and the upper ribs.
One of Musaylimah the 'liar's' extant verses goes:
لقد أنعم الله على الحبلى
أخرج منها نسمة تسعى
من بين صفاق وحشى
Allah has graced the pregnant woman
He has brought out from her a person that has chased
From between peritoneum and entrails.
The author (or one of them) uses a similar construction in another verse, speaking of milk.
S 16:66 And you have in cattle a lesson. We give you to drink from what is in its bellies, from between dung and blood, milk, unadulterated, palatable to the drinkers.
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