"Bring them back to me," and he began to rub and stroke their shanks and necks.
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'Abdullāh Ibn 'Abbās / Muḥammad al-Fīrūzabādī
تفسير : ((then he said): bring them back to me) bring back whatever was shown to me, (and fell to slashing (with his sword their) legs and necks) it is also said that he began slashing their necks and legs until the sun disappeared and he missed the 'asr prayer; this is why he did what he did.
Jalāl al-Dīn al-Maḥallī
تفسير : bring them back to me!, that is, the horses that were displayed; and they so brought them back. then he set about slashing, with his sword, [their] legs (al-sūq is the plural of sāq) and necks, in other words, he slaughtered them and cut off their legs as an offering [of atonement] to god, exalted be he, for having been distracted by them from the prayer. he gave all the meat thereof as voluntary alms and so god compensated him what was better and faster that these [horses], and this was the wind, which blew at his command as he wished.
