Creation of the Horse
"When God was going to create the horse He said to the south wind:
from you I am going to create a being to the honor of my saints, to the
humiliation of my enemies, as a grace to those who obey my rules.
The south wind said:
Do so my Lord!
Then God took a handful
of the south wind and created the horse. He said:
Your name be Arabian,
good deeds be tied to your forelocks and prey to your back; it be up to you to
ease the struggle for subsistence. I have made your master your friend, I have
favored you first of all beast of burden. I have endowed you with the power
to fly without wings. Be it on attack or in retreat. On you back I shall place
men who glorify me and rejoice in my praise.
And when the horse had touched
the ground with his feet the Lord said:
You shall humiliate any idolater by your
neigh which shall resound in their ears and shall fill their hearts with fear.
And when the Lord had shown Adam all the things he had created he said:
Choose of my creations that you like, and he chose the horse. Then the Lord spoke and said:
You have chosen your honor and your children's honor which will last for eons and eons."