Commentary Inf XXVIII 61-63

Mohammed's placement of his suspended foot is read by some as a mere 'realistic detail.' Rasha Al-Sabah (Alsa.1977.1) argues for an iconographic reading, based in a passage in St. Thomas on a passage in Proverbs (6:12-19), in which 'a wicked man with lying mouth, sowing discord,' has 'feet that are swift in running to mischief.' His posture, one foot suspended, may also refer to the Greek term skandalon, for 'stumbling-block,' found at [Inf XXVIII 35].