[Machine] About this verse, "Indeed, it [the sky] casts [at the devils] sparks [as if they were tawny camels]." [Al-Mursalat 32], he said, "During the period of ignorance, we would make short wooden pieces about the length of two or three arms, and we would raise them in the winter and call them "qasr" (palaces)." He said, "I heard from Ibn Abbas (may Allah be pleased with them) and was asked about the verse, "Yellow spears." [Al-Mursalat 33], he said, "The ropes of ships are tied together until they become like the middles of the sails."  

عَنْ هَذِهِ الْآيَةِ {إِنَّهَا تَرْمِي بِشَرَرٍ كَالْقَصَرِ} [المرسلات 32] قَالَ «كُنَّا فِي الْجَاهِلِيَّةِ نَقْصُرُ الْخَشَبَ ذِرَاعَيْنِ أَوْ ثَلَاثَةً فَنَرْفَعُهُ فِي الشِّتَاءِ وَنُسَمِّيهِ الْقَصْرَ» قَالَ وَسَمِعْتُ ابْنَ عَبَّاسٍ وَسُئِلَ عَنْ {جِمَالَتٌ صُفْرٌ} [المرسلات 33] قَالَ «حِبَالُ السُّفُنِ يُجْمَعُ بَعْضُهَا إِلَى بَعْضٍ حَتَّى يَكُونَ كَأَوْسَاطِ الرِّحَالِ»