كتاب الحيوان (Book of Animals)

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"They only eat fire in their bellies" Quran 4:10

This is also another metaphor. A poet said regarding the parts of the years from the parts of wine:

And a poet said:

His statement "Its nails have eaten the rock" is just like his saying "Like the burrowing lizard, it files down its claws into the digging." When they say "The lion ate him," they intend the known eating. When they say "The black ones ate him," they only mean biting and stinging. God Almighty said: "Would any of you like to eat the flesh of his brother when he is dead?" Quran 49:12, and people are told "human flesh." Someone said to Asma ibn Hammad: "Which flesh is the tastiest?" He replied: "Human flesh, by God, it is tastier than chicken, young livestock, goats, and donkeys." They say in another chapter: "So-and-so eats people," even if he does not eat any of their food. As for the saying of Aws ibn Hajar:

This is contrary to the first usage. Likewise, the saying of Dahman al-Namari:

This is all different, and it is all metaphor. (Another Chapter): It is a man’s saying, when he is excessive in punishing his slave: "Taste! How did you taste it, and how did you find its flavor?" The Almighty said: "Taste! You are the mighty, the noble." Quran 44:49 As for their saying "I have not tasted a morsel today," he means I have not eaten food or drunk a drink today. He intended both the little and the much, that he had not tasted it, let alone anything else. Some of the classes of jurists, who desire to be considered speakers among the people, said: "I have not tasted a morsel today in any way, nor in any sense, nor for any reason, nor from any direction, nor in any color." This is a strange kind of speech. He says: A man says to his agent: "Go to so-and-so and taste what he has." Shamakh ibn Dirar said:

And Ibn Muqbil said: