Duldul
A purebred Arabian horse
is strikingly beautiful,
Finely chiseled bone structure
Concave profile, a distinctive head shape
and high tail carriage
prized by the Bedouin people,
the desert dwellers.
But Duldul was a mule—
Historical accounts concur,
However, folklore refers to it as horse—
Even a winged horse
with the power of speech;
And according to the Quran, Prophet Muhammad
flew to heaven on a winged horse.
A mule is the offspring of donkey and mare.
A union between the donkey, Ya’fur,
and Kyrat, the Arabian Stallion,
She was favored by the Prophet Muhammad
and he rode her into many battles.
Duldul had been a gift to the Prophet from
Al-Muqawqis the ruler of Alexandria,
accompanied by a donkey called Ya’fur,
said to be the descendant of the donkey
ridden into Jerusalem by Jesus.
~Contest: A Notable Horse
~Sponsor: Robert James Liguori.
Copyright © Abdul Malik | Year Posted 2021
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