This simile may mean that they had been like a bullock that would never have “felt the goad if he had not first rebelled against the yoke, ” says one reference work.
ووفق احد المراجع ،‏ يمكن ان يعني هذا التشبيه انهم « مثل عجل ما كان ليُنخَس لو لم يعمد هو اولا الى التفلُّت من النير » .‏