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وَقَتَلَ اللَّهُ رُسْتُمَ، وَأَفَاءَ عَلَى الْمُسْلِمِينَ عَسْكَرَهُ وَمَا فِيهِ

God killed Rustam and restored to the Muslims his camp and everything in it

وَحَمَلَ عَلَيْهِ عَمْرٌو فَاعْتَنَقَهُ فَذَبَحَهُ، وَاسْتَلَبَهُ سِوَارَيْنِ مِنْ ذَهَبٍ وَمِنْطَقَةً مِنْ ذَهَبٍ وَيَلْمَقًا مِنْ دِيبَاجٍ

‘Amr fell upon him, seized him by the neck, and slew him, taking from him two golden bracelets, a gold-plated belt, and a brocade coat

وَرَمَاهُ الْفَارِسِيُّ بِنُشَّابَةٍ فَأَصَابَ قَوْسَهُ

The Persian shot at him an arrow which hit his bow

فَتَوَجَّهَ إِلَيْهِ

‘Amr turned toward him

فَقُلْنَا لَهُ" يَا أَبَا ثَوْرٍ، اتَّقِ ذَلِكَ الْفَارِسِيَّ فَإِنَّهُ لا تَقَعُ لَهُ نُشَّابَةً

We said to ‘Amr b. Ma'dikarib" "O Abu Thawr, beware of this Persian, because his arrow never misses the target

قَالَ" وَكَانَ إِسْوَارٌ مِنْهُمْ لا يَكَادُ تَسْقُطُ لَهُ نُشَّابَةٌ

There was a Persian commander whose arrow never missed the target

فَإِنَّمَا الفارسي تيمن إِذَا أَلْقَى نَيْزَكَهُ

When a Persian drops his spear, he is nothing but a stupid goat

فَإِنَّمَا الأَسَدُ مَنْ أَغْنَى شَأْنَهُ

A lion is a man who takes care of his affairs on his own

قَالَ" وَكَانَ عَمْرُو بْنُ مَعْدِيكَرِبَ يَمُرُّ بِنَا فَيَقُولُ" يَا مَعْشَرَ الْمُهَاجِرِينَ، كُونُوا أُسُودًا

‘Amr b. Ma'dikarib used to pass by and say" "O Emigrants, be lions

وَقَرَنُوا خَيْلَهُمْ بَعْضَهَا إِلَى بَعْضٍ لِئَلا يَفِرُّوا

They tied their horses to each other so that they could not run away

وَجَعَلُوا يُلْقُونَ تَحْتَ أَرْجُلِ خُيُولِنَا حَسَكَ الْحَدِيدِ، وَيَرْشُقُونَنَا بِالنُّشَّابِ، فَكَأَنَّهُ الْمَطَرُ عَلَيْنَا

They scattered iron spikes under the feet of our horses and sprayed us with arrows, so that it was as if rain were falling upon us

قَالَ" وَكُنَّا رُبْعَ النَّاسِ، فَوَجَّهُوا إِلَيْنَا سِتَّةَ عَشَرَ فِيلا وَإِلَى سَائِرِ النَّاسِ فِيلَيْنِ

We were "only" one-quarter of the Muslims, but they sent against us sixteen elephants and sent only two elephants against the rest

فَلَحِقَ بِالْفُرْسِ مُرْتَدًّا، فَأَخْبَرَهُمْ أَنَّ بَأْسَ النَّاسِ فِي الْجَانِبِ الَّذِي بِهِ بَجِيلَةُ

He joined the Persians as a renegade (murtadd) and informed them that the Muslims in the area held by Bajilah had (the most) courage and valor

كَانَ مَعَنَا يَوْمَ الْقَادِسِيَّةِ رَجُلٌ مِنْ ثَقِيفٍ

A man from the tribe of Thaqlf was with us on the day of al-Qadisiyyah

حَدَّثَنَا ابْنُ حميد، قال" حَدَّثَنَا سلمة، عن مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ إِسْحَاقَ، عَنْ إِسْمَاعِيلَ بْنِ أَبِي خَالِدٍ، مَوْلَى بَجِيلَةَ، عَنْ قَيْسِ بْنِ أَبِي حَازِمٍ الْبَجَلِيِّ- وَكَانَ مِمَّنْ شَهِدَ الْقَادِسِيَّةَ مَعَ الْمُسْلِمِينَ- قَالَ

According to Ibn Humayd — Salamah — Muhammad b. Ishaq — Ismael b. Abi Khalid, a client of Bajilah — Qays b. Abl Hazim alBajali, who participated in the battle of al-Qadisiyyah on the side of the Muslims

فقلت" لقد أذل اللَّه أبناء الأحرار

I said" "God has indeed humiliated the Persians

فلقد رأيت غلاما منا من النخع يسوق ستين أو ثمانين رجلا من أبناء الأحرار

I saw a young man from among us, from the tribe of al-Nakha', leading away sixty or eighty Persians

شهدت القادسية

I participated in the battle of al-Qadisiyyah

وَحَدَّثَنَا ابْنُ حُمَيْدٍ، قَالَ" حَدَّثَنَا سَلَمَةُ، عن ابن إسحاق، عن عبد الرحمن بْن الأسود النخعي، عن أبيه، قال

According to Ibn Humayd—Salamah—Ibn Ishaq—‘Abd al-Rahman b. al-Aswad al-Nakha'I—his father

وقد كان عمرو بْن معديكرب شهد القادسية مع الْمُسْلِمِينَ

'Amr b. Ma'dikarib participated in the battle of al-Qadisiyyah on the side of the Muslims

حدثنا ابن حميد، قال" حدثنا سلمة، قال" حَدَّثَنَا مُحَمَّد بْن إسحاق، قال

According to Ibn Humayd—Salamah — Ibn Ishaq

فَسَأَلَ عَنْ ذَلِكَ زَبْرَاءَ، فَأَخْبَرَتْهُ خَبَرَ أَبِي مِحْجَنٍ فَخَلَّى سَبِيلَهُ

He asked Zabra' about it and she told him Abu Mibjan's story, whereupon Sa'd set him free

فَعَرَفَ أَنَّهَا قَدْ رُكِبَتْ

He understood that she had been ridden

فَلَمَّا نَزَلَ سَعْدٌ مِنْ رَأْسِ الْحِصْنِ رَأَى فَرَسَهُ تَعْرَقُ

When Sa'd came down from the top of the castle, he saw his horse sweating

فَلَمَّا أَنْ فَرَغُوا مِنَ الْقِتَالِ، وَهَزَمَ اللَّهُ جُمُوعَ فَارِسَ، رَجَعَ أَبُو مِحْجَنٍ إِلَى زَبْرَاءَ، فَأَدْخَلَ رِجْلَهُ فِي قَيْدِهِ

When they had finished the battle and God had defeated the armies of Persia, Abu Mihjan returned to Zabra' and placed his foot in his fetter

وَسَعْدٌ يَنْظُرُ فَجَعَلَ سَعْدٌ يَعْرِفُ فَرَسَهُ وَيَنْكِرُهَا

Sa'd was looking on, not sure whether the horse was his or not

فَجَعَلَ يَشُدُّ عَلَى الْعَدُوِّ

Abu Mihjan set out attacking the enemy

فَأَطْلَقَتْهُ وَحَمَلَتْهُ عَلَى فَرَسٍ لِسَعْدٍ بَلْقَاءَ وَخَلَّتْ سَبِيلَهُ

She untied him, allowed him to ride Sacd's horse Balqa', and let him go

فَقَالَ" يَا زَبْرَاءُ، أَطْلِقِينِي وَلَكِ عَلَيَّ عَهْدُ اللَّهِ وَمِيثَاقُهُ، لَئِنْ لَمْ أُقْتَلْ لأَرْجِعَنَّ إِلَيْكِ حَتَّى تَجْعَلِي الْحَدِيدَ فِي رِجْلِي

Abu Mibjan said" "O Zabra', set me free! I swear by God and I pledge to you that if I am not killed, I shall certainly return to you, so that you can put the iron back on my feet

وَسَعْدٌ فِي رَأْسِ الْحِصْنِ يَنْظُرُ إِلَى النَّاسِ

Sa'd was on the top of the castle, observing the peqple "on the battlefield

فَكَلَّمَ زَبْرَاءَ أُمَّ وَلَدِ سَعْدٍ- وَكَانَ عِنْدَهَا مَحْبُوسًا

He spoke to Zabra', the concubine of Sa'd, at whose place he was jailed

كَفَى حُزْنًا أَنْ تُرْدِيَ الْخَيْلُ بالقنا ... وأترك مشدودا علي وثاقيا إذا قمت عناني الحديد واغلقت ... مصاريع دوني لا نجيب المناديا وقد كنت ذا مال كثير وإخوة ... فقد تركونى واحدا لا اخاليا

It is grievous enough that the horsemen gallop with the spears, while I am left tied tip, with my fetters on. When I stand up, the iron hurts; the doors are closed behind me and do not respond to the caller. In the past I was a man of much wealth and brothers; now they have left me alone, having no brother

وَكَانَ مَعَ سَعْدٍ فِيهِ، قَالَ

When he saw the horsemen wheel around, he recited

فَلَمَّا رَأَى أَبُو مِحْجَنٍ مَا تَصْنَعُ الْخَيْلُ حِينَ جَالَتْ، وَهُوَ يَنْظُرُ مِنْ قَصْرِ الْعُذَيْبِ

Abu Mibjan was with Sa'd in the castle of al-‘Udhayb and observed "the battlefield

فَقَالَتْ" أَغَيْرَةً وَجُبْنًا

She said" "Are you both jealous and cowardly

فَغَارَ سَعْدٌ فَلَطَمَ وَجْهَهَا

Sa'd became jealous and slapped her face

فقالت" وا مثنياه وَلا مُثَنَّى لِي الْيَوْمَ

She said" "Alas for Muthanna! I have no Muthanna today

فَجَالَتِ الْخَيْلُ، فَرُعِبَتْ سلمى حين رات الخيل جالت

The "Muslim" horsemen were wheeling around, and Salma was terrified when she saw them do this

وَسَعْدٌ فِي الْقَصْرِ يَنْظُرُ، مَعَهُ سَلْمَى بِنْتُ خَصَفَةَ، وَكَانَتْ قَبْلَهُ عِنْدَ الْمُثَنَّى بْنِ حَارِثَةَ

Sa'd was in the castle, observing "the battlefield), with Salma bint Khasafah, who had been before the wife of al-Muthanna b. Harithah

فَاقْتَتَلُوا قِتَالا شَدِيدًا

The fighting was heavy

وَالْفُرْسُ فِيمَا بَيْنَهُمْ مِنَ الْحَدِيدِ وَالْيَلامِقِ

The Persians were clad in iron mail and coats

وَمَا عَامَّةُ مَا وَضَعُوهُ عَلَى رُءُوسِهِمْ إِلا أَنْسَاعُ الرِّحَالِ، يَطْوِي الرَّجُلُ نِسْعَ رَحْلِهِ عَلَى رَأْسِهِ يَتَّقِي بِهِ

What they put on their heads was in most cases only saddle girths" A man would bind his head with the girth of his saddle in order to protect himself

وَمَا عَامة جننهم- غير بَرَاذِعِ الرِّحَالِ، قَدْ عَرَضُوا فِيهَا الْجَرِيدَ، يَتْرُسُونَ بِهَا عَنْ أَنْفُسِهِمْ

Most Muslims were shielded only with sad die cloths across which they fastened leafless palm branches in order to protect themselves

فِيمَا حَدَّثَنَا ابن حميد، قال" حَدَّثَنَا سلمة، عن محمد بن إسحاق، عن عبد الله ابن أَبِي بَكْرٍ

According to Ibn Humayd — Salamah — Muhammad b. Ishaq — ‘Abdallah b. Abi Bakr

ثُمَّ زَحَفَ إِلَيْهِمْ رُسْتُمُ، وَزَحَفَ إِلَيْهِ الْمُسْلِمُونَ

Rustam moved against the Muslims and the Muslims moved against Rustam

فَجَعَلَ سَعْدٌ عَلَى جَمَاعَةِ النَّاسِ خَالِدَ بْنَعُرْفُطَةَ حَلِيفَ بَنِي أُمَيَّةَ بْنِ عَبْدِ شَمْسٍ، وجعل على ميمنه الناس جرير ابن عَبْدِ اللَّهِ الْبَجَلِيَّ، وَجَعَلَ عَلَى مَيْسَرَتِهِمْ قَيْسَ بْنَ الْمَكْشُوحِ الْمُرَادِيَّ

Sa'd placed Khalid b. Urfutah, confed-erate of the Banu Umayyah b. ‘Abd Shams, in command of the Muslims, appointing Jarir b. ‘Abdallah al-Bajali to command the right wing and Qays b. Makshuh al-Muradi the left wing

وَتَعَبَّى لَهُ الْمُسْلِمُونَ

The Muslims arrayed themselves against Rustam

ثُمَّ أَمَرَ بِالْعَتِيقِ أَنْ يسكر، فَبَاتَ لَيْلَتَهُ يسكر بِالْبَرَاذِعِ وَالتّرَابِ وَالْقَصَبِ حَتَّى أَصْبَحَ، وَقَدْ تَرَكَهُ طَرِيقًا مُهِيعًا

Then he ordered al-'Atiq to be filled up and spent the night filling it with saddle clothes, soil, and reeds until by morning, it had become a beaten road

لا أُمْسِي غَدًا حَتَّى أَفْرَغَ مِنْكُمْ وَأَقْتُلَكُمْ كُلَّكُمْ

O Arabs, before tomorrow evening falls, I shall fin-ish with you and kill you all

قَالَ لَهُ رُسْتُمُ" مَا كُنْتُ أَظُنُّ أَنِّي أَعِيشُ حَتَّى أَسْمَعَ مِنْكُمْ هَذَا مَعْشَرَ الْعَرَبِ

Rustam said to him" "I did not think that I would live to hear such things from you

وَإِنْ أَبَيْتَ ذَلِكَ قَاتَلْنَاكَ حَتَّى يَحْكُمَ اللَّهُ بَيْنَنَا وَبَيْنَكَ

If you refuse, you will have to pay the poll tax; if you refuse this as well, we shall fight you until God decides between us

وَعَلَيْكَ الزَّكَاةُ وَالْخُمُسُ، وَإِنْ أَبَيْتَ ذَلِكَ فَالْجِزْيَةُ

You will be obliged to pay the alms tax "zakat) and the fifth of the booty "khums

لا يَدْخُلُ عَلَيْكَ فِيهَا إِلا مَنْ أَحْبَبْتَ

None will enter it except those whom you wish to admit

فَإِنْ فَعَلْتَ كَانَتْ لَكَ بِلادُكَ

If you do this, your country will be yours

فَنَحْنُ نَدْعُوكَ إِلَى أَنْ تُؤْمِنَ بِاللَّهِ وَرَسُولِهِ، وَتَدْخُلَ فِي دِينِنَا

We therefore call upon you to believe in God and in His messenger and to embrace our religion

فَأَمَرَنَا أَنْ نُقَاتِلَ مَنْ خَالَفَنَا، وَأَخْبَرَنَا أَنَّ مَنْ قُتِلَ مِنَّا عَلَى دِينِهِ فَلَهُ الْجَنَّةُ، وَمَنْ عَاشَ مَلِكٌ وَظَهَرَ عَلَى مَنْ خَالَفَهُ

He ordered us to fight those who opposed us and informed us that those of us who would be killed for the sake of his religion would be given Paradise and those who would survive would rule and overcome those who opposed them

حَتَّى دَخَلْنَا فِي دِينِهِ، مِنْ بَيْنَ مُوقِنٍ بِهِ، وَبَيْنَ مَقْهُورٍ، حَتَّى اسْتَبَانَ لَنَا أَنَّهُ صَادِقٌ، وَأَنَّهُ رَسُولٌ مِنْ عِنْدِ اللَّهِ

We "all" entered his religion either out of conviction or by coercion when it became clear to us that he spoke the truth and that he was the Messenger of God

فَقَاتَلَ مَنْ صَدَّقَهُ مَنْ كَذَّبَهُ

Those who believed in him fought those who denied him

فَصَدَّقَهُ مِنَّا مُصَدِّقٌ، وَكَذَّبَهُ مِنَّا آخَرُ

Some of us believed in him and others denied him

فَلَمْ نَزَلْ كَذَلِكَ حَتَّى بَعَثَ اللَّهُ فِينَا نَبِيًّا، وَأَنْزَلَ عَلَيْهِ الْكِتَابَ، فَدَعَانَا إِلَى اللَّهِ وَإِلَى مَا بَعَثَهُ بِهِ

Our situation did not change until God sent to us a Prophet and revealed to him a book, and the Prophet summoned us to God and to the message with which he had been sent

نَأْكُلُ الْمَيْتَةَ وَالدَّمَ وَالْعِظَامَ

We were eating carrion, blood, and bones

أَفْضَلُنَا فِي أَنْفُسِنَا عَيْشًا الَّذِي يَقْتُلُ ابْنَ عَمِّهِ، وَيَأْخُذُ مَالَهُ فَيَأْكُلُهُ

The person whose life was the most virtuous in our mind was one who killed his cousin, took his property, and consumed it

فَقَالَ الْمُغِيرَةُ بْنُ شُعْبَةَ" لا تَذْكُرْ لَنَا جَهْدًا إِلا وَقَدْ كُنَّا فِي مِثْلِهِ أَوْ أَشَدَّ مِنْهُ

Al-Mughirah b. Shu'bah replied" Whatever you have mentioned, we were afflicted with an ad-versity like it or greater

وَنَحْنُ نُوقِرُ لَكُمْ رَكَائِبَكُمْ قَمْحًا وَتَمْرًا، وَنَأْمُرُ لَكُمْ بِكِسْوَةٍ، فَارْجِعُوا عَنَّا عَافَاكُمُ اللَّهُ

We shall load your riding beasts with wheat and dates and shall issue an order to provide you with clothing. Leave our land, and may God keep you well

فَارْجِعُوا عَنَّا عَامَكُمْ هَذَا، فَإِنَّكُمْ قَدْ شَغَلْتُمُونَا عَنْ عِمَارَةِ بِلادِنَا، وَعَنْ عَدُوِّنَا

Return this year "to your land", because you have distracted us from building our country and from dealing with our enemy

وَقَدْ أَعْلَمُ أَنَّ الَّذِي حَمَلَكُمْ عَلَى هَذَا مَعْشَرَ الْعَرَبِ الْجَهْدُ الَّذِي قَدْ أَصَابَكُمْ

O Arabs, I know that the reason which caused you to do this is the adversity which had afflicted you

فَلَمَّا اجْتَمَعْنَ فِيهِ جَاءَ الرَّجُلُ فَسَدَّ الْجُحْرَ الَّذِي دَخَلْنَ مِنْهُ، ثُمَّ قَتَلَهُنَّ جَمِيعًا

When they gathered in it, the man closed the hole through which they had entered and killed them all

فَانْطَلَقَ الثَّعْلَبُ، فَدَعَا الثَّعَالِبَ إِلَى الْحَائِطِ

The fox went away and invited "numerous" foxes to the vineyard

فَقَالَ" مَا ثَعْلَبٌ وَاحِدٌ

He said" "What is one fox

وَإِنَّمَا مَثَلُكُمْ مَثَلُ رَجُلٍ كَانَ لَهُ حَائِطٌ مِنْ عِنَبٍ، فَرَأَى فِيهِ ثَعْلَبًا وَاحِدًا

Your case is similar to that of a man who possessed a walled vineyad and saw a fox in it

فَذَهَبْتُمْ فَدَعَوْتُمْ أَصْحَابَكُمْ، ثُمَّ أَتَيْتُمُونَا بِهِمْ

Then you went back, invited your companions, and brought them to us

فَأَكَلْتُمْ مِنْ طَعَامِنَا، وَشَرِبْتُمْ مِنْ شَرَابِنَا، وَاسْتَظْلَلْتُمْ مِنْ ظِلالِنَا

You ate from our food, drank from our drink, and took shelter in our shade

وَكُنْتُمْ تَأْتُونَنَا مِنْ بَيْنَ تَاجِرٍ وَأَجِيرٍ وَوَافِدٍ

You used to come to us as merchants, hirelings, and messengers

فَكَلَّمَهُ رُسْتُمُ، فَقَالَ" إِنَّكُمْ مَعْشَرَ الْعَرَبِ كُنْتُمْ أَهْلَ شَقَاءٍ وَجَهْدٍ

Rustam addressed al-Mughlrah, saying" O Arabs, you were people afflicted with misery and adver-sity

وَالْمُسْلِمُونَ مِنْ نَاحِيَتِهِ الأُخْرَى مِمَّا يَلِي الْحِجَازَ فِيمَا بَيْنَ الْقَادِسِيَّةِ وَالْعُذَيْبِ

The Muslims were on the other side, close to al-tfijaz, between al-Qadisiyyah and al-'Udhayb

ثُمَّ عَقَصَ شَعْرَهُ، وَلَبِسَ بُرْدًا لَهُ، ثُمَّ أَقْبَلَ حَتَّى انْتَهَى إِلَى رُسْتُمَ، وَرُسْتُمُ مِنْ وَرَاءِ الْجِسْرِ الْعَتِيقِ مِمَّا يَلِي الْعِرَاقَ

Then he plaited his hair, put on a cloak, and approached Rustam, who was beyond the bridge of al‘Atiq on the Iraqi side

فجاءه وفد فَرَقَ رَأْسَهُ أَرْبَعَ فِرَقٍ" فِرْقَةٌ مِنْ بَيْنَ يَدَيْهِ إِلَى قَفَاهُ، وَفِرْقَةٌ إِلَى أُذُنَيْهِ

He separated it "by a line running) from the forehead to the neck, and "another one" between his ears

فَبَعَثُوا إِلَيْهِ المغيره بن شعبه

The Muslims sent to him al-Mughirah b. Shu'bah, who came to Rustam after he had divided his hair into four sections

فَلَمَّا أَنْ نَزَلَ بِهِمْ رُسْتُمُ بَعَثَ إِلَيْهِمْ أَنِ ابْعَثُوا إِلَيَّ رَجُلا مِنْكُمْ جَلِيدًا أُكَلِّمَهُ

When Rustam established camp near them, he sent "a messenger to the Muslims", saying" "Send to me a steadfast man and I shall speak with him

وَمَعَهُ أَبُو مِحْجَنِ بْنُ حَبِيبٍ الثَّقَفِيُّ مَحْبُوسٌ فِي الْقَصْرِ، حَبَسَهُ فِي شُرْبِ الْخَمْرِ

Abu Mihjan b. Habib al-Thaqafi was imprisoned in the castle, where Sa‘d had jailed him because he drank wine

وسعد في منزله وَجِعٌ، قَدْ خَرَجَ بِهِ قَرْحٌ شَدِيدٌ

Sa‘d was in his dwelling, full of pain; he was afflicted with severe ulcers

حَتَّى نَزَلَ الْقَادِسِيَّةَ وَبَيْنَهُ وَبَيْنَ الناس جسر القادسية

He encamped at al-Qadisiyyah with its bridge between him and Muslims

وَأَقْبَلَ رُسْتُمُ فِي جُمُوعِ فَارِسَ سِتِّينَ أَلْفًا مِمَّا أُحْصِيَ لَنَا فِي دِيوَانِهِ، سِوَى التُّبَّاعِ وَالرَّقِيقِ

Rustam approached with the armies of Persia, sixty thousand men plus the dependents and the slaves. "This was the number counted for us in his register

وَنَزَلَ سَعْدٌ فِي قَصْرِ الْعُذَيْبِ

Sa‘d stayed in the castle of al-‘Udhayb

حَتَّى نَزَلَ قَادِسَ- قَرْيَةً إِلَى جَانِبِ الْعُذَيْبِ- فَنَزَلَ النَّاسُ بِهَا

He halted at Qadis, a village near al-‘Udhayb, and the Muslim troops encamped there

وَلَمَّا لَحِقَ سَعْدُ بْنُ أَبِي وَقَّاصٍ الْمُغِيرَةَ بْنَ شُعْبَةَ وَقَيْسَ بْنَ مَكْشُوحٍ فِيمَنْ مَعَهُمَا، سَارَ إِلَى رُسْتُمَ حِينَ سَمِعَ بِهِ

When al-Mughirah b. Shu‘bah, Qays b. Makshuh, and those who were with them reached Sa‘d, he marched in the direction of Rustam, of whom he had heard "news

لَقَدْ غَادَرَ الأَقْوَامُ لَيْلَةَ أدْلجُوا ... بِقَصْرِ الْعَبَادِي ذَا الْفِعَالِ مُجَدَّلا دَلَفْتُ لَهُ تَحْتَ الْعُجَاجِ بِطَعْنَةٍ ... فَأَصْبَحَ مِنْهَا فِي النَّجِيعِ مُرَمَّلا أَقُولُ لَهُ وَالرُّمْحُ فِي نُغْضِ كَتْفِهِ ... أَبَا عَامِرٍ عَنْكَ الْيَمِينَ تَحَلَّلا سَقَيْتُ بِهَا النُّعْمَانَ كَأْسًا رَوِيَّةً ... وَعَاطَيْتُهُ بِالرُّمْحِ سُمًّا مُثَمَّلا تَرَكْتُ سِبَاعَ الْجَوِّ يَعْرِفْنَ حَوْلَهُ ... وَقَدْ كَانَ عَنْهَا لابْنِ حَيَّةَ مَعْزِلا كَفَيْتُ قُرَيْشًا إِذْ تَغَيَّبَ جَمْعُهَا ... وَهَدَّمْتُ لِلنُّعْمَانِ عِزًّا مُؤَثَّلا

When the people set out at night, they left the man of great deeds knocked down in the palace of the Christian; I approached him under the cover of dust and stabbed him. In the morning he was lying, blood-stained, in a pool of blood. With the spear in his shoulder blade, I am telling him" "Oh Abu ‘Amir, you are free from fulfilling your oath!" By stabbing him, I gave al-Nu‘man to drink a cup full to the brim; I served him, with the spear, a potent poison. I left the beasts of the desert around him, after he had been a refuge from them for Ibn Hayyah. I have taken care of the duty of Quraysh because their army is not here, and I have destroyed a long-standing glory of al-Nu‘man

ثُمَّ لَحِقَ بِسَعْدٍ فَأَسْلَمَ وَقَالَ فِي قَتْلِهِ النُّعْمَانَ بْنَ قَبِيصَةَ

Then he joined Sa‘d and embraced Islam. He recited concerning the killing of al-Nu‘man b. Qabisah

فَأَمْهَلَهُ حَتَّى إِذَا دَخَلَ عَلَيْهِ وَهُوَ نَائِمٌ، فَوَضَعَ الرُّمْحَ بَيْنَ كَتِفَيْهِ فَقَتَلَهُ

After some time, he entered upon him while he was asleep, thrust his spear between his two shoulders, and killed him

فَغَضِبَ حِينَ قَالَ ذَلِكَ عَبْدُ اللَّهِ بْنُ سِنَانٍ الأَسَدِيُّ

‘Abdallah b. Sinan al-Asadi was enraged when al-Nu‘man said this

وَاللَّهِ مَا يَمْنَعُونَ خَفِيرًا، وَلا يَخْرُجُونَ مِنْ بِلادِهِمْ إِلا بِخَفِيرٍ

By God, they do not protect those whom they should protect and do not leave their land without a protector

إِنَّمَا قُرَيْشٌ عَبِيدُ مَنْ غَلَبَ

The Quraysh are nothing except slaves of those who hold superior power

وَاللَّهِ لأُجَاهِدَنَّهُ الْقِتَالَ

By God, I shall vigorously fight him

فقال"اما إذ كَانَ قُرَشِيًّا فَلَيْسَ بِشَيْءٍ

Al-Nu'man b. Qablsah commented" "If he is a man from the tribe of Quraysh, he is nothing

فَقِيلَ لَهُ" رَجُلٌ من قريش

He was told" "He is a man from the tribe of Quraysh

فَكَانَ فِي مَنْظَرَةٍ لَهُ، فَلَمَّا سَمِعَ بِسَعْدِ بْنِ أَبِي وَقَّاصٍ سَأَلَ عَنْهُ عبد الله بن سنان ابن جَرِيرٍ الأَسَدِيَّ، ثُمَّ الصَّيْدَاوِيَّ

He was in a lookout (manzarah) of his, and when he heard about "the coming" of Sa‘d b. Abi Waqqas, he asked ‘Abdallah b. Sinan b. Jarir al-Asadi al-§aydawi about him

عَلَيْهَا النُّعْمَانُ بْنُ قَبِيصَةَ، وَهُوَ ابْنُ حَيَّةَ الطَّائِيِّ ابْنُ عَمِّ قَبِيصَةَ بْنَ إِيَاسِ بْنِ حَيَّةَ الطَّائِيِّ صَاحِبِ الْحِيرَةِ

Its commander was al-Nu‘man b. al-Qabisah, who was Ibn Hayyah alTai the paternal cousin of Qabi§ah b. Iyas b. Hayyah al-Ta’i, the governor of al-Hirah

وَقَدْ كَانَ لِكِسْرَى مُرَابِطَةٌ فِي قَصْرِ بَنِي مُقَاتِلٍ

The Persian king {kisia) had a garrison in Qa§rBani Muqatil

وَأَقَامَ تِلْكَ الْحُجَّةَ لِلنَّاسِ عُمَرُ بْنُ الْخَطَّابِ سَنَةَ خَمْسَ عَشْرَةَ

‘Umar b. al-Khaftab conducted the pilgrimage of the Muslims in the year 15/636-37

فَفَعَلَ أَبُو عُبَيْدَةَ، وَأَمَّرَ عَلَيْهِمْ عِيَاضَ بْنَ غَنْمٍ الْفِهْرِيَّ

Abu ‘Ubaydah complied and appointed ‘Iyad b. Ghanm al-Fihrl as their commander