And the she-donkey said to Bilam: Am I not your she-donkey on which you have ridden from your beginning until this day? Have I been accustomed to do thus to you? And he said: No.
English: It was taught: Bilam did not even know the mind of his animal. When they saw him riding his donkey, they said to him: Why did you not ride a horse? He said to them: I left it in the meadow. Immediately — “And the she-donkey said, Am I not your she-donkey…”
Type of Learning
Aggadic exposure of the prophet’s pretension from the donkey dialogue.
What Is Learned
One who claims knowledge of the Most High is shown not to know even his own animal — the verse’s dialogue is the rebuke.