بغل

Core meaning

The mule, an animal for riding.

Uses

1. ٱلْبِغَال → "mules" : named between horses and donkeys, for riding and for adornment.

   • «وَٱلْخَيْلَ وَٱلْبِغَالَ وَٱلْحَمِيرَ لِتَرْكَبُوهَا وَزِينَةًۭ» — "And horses, mules, and donkeys, for you to ride, and as adornment" (16:8)

Evidence from the text

The word appears only once, in a list of three mounts whose twofold use the verse gives: "for you to ride, and as adornment" (16:8). Placed between horses and donkeys, the mule shares their function.

Distinctions

• خيل — horses, at the head of the same list
• حمر — donkeys, which close it

See also

ركب (to ride)