with a twisted neck 1 from birth; the one with an acorn-shaped 2 head and forehead from birth; and the one with the hunched shoulders, the one whose head is attached [directly to the body/short-necked], the excessively tall of stature, the one with scaly/deformed ears, the one with al-Qaylah 3 [scrotal swelling], and the white blaze 4 [on the forehead], and the one with al-Ablaq 5 [piebald/white-patched] head, and anyone else who is spotted (abqa‘).
The attributes and descriptions are complete; these are forty attributes.
Footnotes
1Azwar: One who has Zur, meaning crookedness; (2) Azwar: Tilted; (3) Azwar: One whose middle of the chest has become narrow.
2The fruit of the Oak tree (Acorn): It is long like a finger, having a cap on its head and a dry skin.
3Al-Qaylah: In the Hadith of the Ahl al-Bayt, "nor a carrier of al-Qaylah." It refers to a scrotal hernia or hydrocele—a swelling in the scrotum caused by fluid accumulation.
4Al-Ghurra: A patch of hair at the front of the head that extends down to the forehead; its length varies from person to person.
5Al-Ablaq: Used for horses and humans to describe a mix of black and white patches (piebald).