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فقال" لم أكن لألحق بهم من لم يدركهم

He replied" "I cannot put on a par with them anybody who did not "join the army early enough to" fight with them

فقيل لعمر" لو ألحقت بهم أهل القادسية

It was said to Umar" "Would you put the people of al-Qadisiyyah on a par with them

وعَنْ سَيْفٍ، عن عبيدة، عن يزيد الضخم، قال

According to Sayf—'Ubaydah—Yazid al-Qakhm

وأما أهل الأيام، فإنه فرض لهم على ثلاثة آلاف فضلوا على أهل القادسية

As for the men who fought in the "former" battles {ahl al-ayydm), they received three thousand each and were given more than the people of al-Qadisiyyah

أن أهل البلاء يوم القادسية فضلوا عند العطاء بخمسمائة خمسمائة في أعطياتهم، خمسة وعشرين رجلا، منهم زهرة، وعصمة الضبي، والكلج

Those who acquitted themselves well in the battle of al-Qadisiyyah were given a stipend greater by five hundred "dirhams"; these numbered twenty-five men and included Zuhrah, 'fomah al-Qabbi, and al-Kala

وعَنْ سَيْفٍ، عن عبيدة، عن إبراهيم وعامر

According to Sayf—'Ubaydah—Ibrahim and ‘Amir

فَدَفَعَهُ إِلَيْهِ فَبَاعَهُ بِسَبْعِينَ أَلْفًا

Sa'd gave the spoils to Zuhrah, and the latter sold them for seventy thousand

وَإِنِّي قَدْ نَفَّلْتُ كُلَّ مَنْ قَتَلَ رَجُلا سَلَبَهُ

To everybody who killed a man, I have awarded the dead man's spoils

فَإِنْ كَانَ الَّذِي سَعَى بِهِ إِلَيْكَ كَاذِبًا فَلَقَاهُ اللَّهُ مِثْل زَهْرَةَ، في عضديه يا رقان

If the man who slandered him to you is lying, let God confront him with a man like Zuhrah, with two bracelets on his arms

وَإِنَّ زَهْرَةَ لَمْ يَكُنْ لِيُغَيِّبَ مِنْ سَلَبٍ سَلَبَهُ شَيْئًا

He is not a man who would conceal anything from the spoils he has taken

أَنَا أَعْلَمُ بِزَهْرَةَ مِنْكَ

"I know Zuhrah better than you do

وعَنْ سَيْفٍ، عَنْ عُبَيْدٍ، عَنْ عِصْمَةَ، قَالَ" كَتَبَ عُمَرُ إِلَى سَعْدٍ

According to Sayf—'Ubaydah—‘Ismah" ‘Umar wrote to Sa'd

أَمْضِ لَهُ سَلَبَهُ، وَفَضِّلْهُ عَلَى اصحابه عند العطاء بخمسمائة

Confirm him in the possession of his spoils and give him a stipend that is greater than that of his companions by five hundred "dirhams

تَكْسِرُ قَرْنَهُ، وَتُفْسِدُ قَلْبَهُ

You will put him off his mettle and spoil his spirit

وَقَدْ صَلِيَ بِمِثْلِ مَا صَلِيَ بِهِ، وَقَدْ بَقِيَ عَلَيْكَ مِنْ حَرْبِكَ مَا بَقِيَ

He endured a great deal and your war is not yet over

فَكَتَبَ عُمَرُ إِلَى سَعْدٍ" تَعْمَدُ إِلَى مِثْلِ زَهْرَةَ

'Umar wrote to Sa'd" "You will need men like Zuhrah

وَتَكَاتَبَا

Sa'd and 'Umar exchanged letters concerning this

فَتَدَرَّعَ زَهْرَةُ مَا كَانَ عَلَى الْجَالِنُوسِ، فَبَلَغَ بِضْعَةً وَسَبْعِينَ أَلْفًا فَلَمَّا رَجَعَ إِلَى سَعْدٍ نَزَعَ سَلَبَهُ، وَقَالَ" أَلا انْتَظَرْتَ إِذْنِي

He put on the armor of al-Jalnus, the value of which was seventy odd thousand, but when he returned to Sa'd, Sa'd took the spoils away from him and said" ""Why" did you not wait for my permission

وَهُوَ يَوْمَئِذٍ شَابٌّ

He was (still) a young man

فجد لهوَلِ زَهْرَةَ يَوْمَئِذٍ ذُؤَابَةٌ وَقَدْ سَودَ فِي الْجَاهِلِيَّةِ، وَحَسُنَ بَلاؤُهُ فِي الإِسْلامِ وَلَهُ سَابِقَةٌ

Now Zuhrah was a noble man; he had been made a tribal chief in the Jahiliyyah, had acquitted himself well in Islam, and had embraced it early

فَضَرَبَهُ زَهْرَةُ

Zuhrah struck al-Jalnus and threw him down

فَالْتَقَيَا

Zuhrah and al-Jalnus faced each other

فَرَفَعَ لَهُ الْكَرَّةَ فَمَا يُخْطِئُهَا بِنُشَّابَةٍ

A ball was held up for him, and he did not miss it with an arrow

لَحِقَ بِهِ زَهْرَةُ

Zuhrah caught up with al-Jalnus

وعَنْ سَيْفٍ، عَنِ الْبَرْمَكَانِ، وَالْمُجَالِدِ عَنِ الشَّعْبِيِّ، قَالَ

According to Sayf — al-Barmakan; and al-Mujalid — al-Sha’bi

فَكَتَبَ فِيهِ إِلَى عُمَرَ، فَكَتَبَ إِلَيْهِ عُمَرُ" إِنِّي قَدْ نَفَّلْتُ مَنْ قَتَلَ رَجُلا سَلَبَهُ

He wrote to 'Umar concerning this, and ‘Umar wrote back to him" "Whoever has killed a man, I have given him his spoils

كَانَ سَعْدٌ اسْتَكْثَرَ لَهُ سَلَبَهُ

Sa'd thought that Zuhrah had received an excessive share of the spoils

كتب إلي السري، عن شعيب، عن سيف، عَنْ عُبَيْدَةَ، عَنْ إِبْرَاهِيمَ، قَالَ

According to al-Sari — Shu'ayb — Sayf — 'Ubaydah — Ibrahim

فَنَفَلَهُ سَلْبَهُ

Sa'd thereupon gave him the spoils of al-Jalnus

قَالَ" اللَّهُ

He replied" "God

قَالَ" مَنْ

Sa'd said" "Who was it

قَالَ" نَعَمْ

He replied" "Yes

فَقَالَ لَهُ سَعْدٌ" هَلْ أَعَانَكَ عَلَيْهِ أَحَدٌ

Sa'd said to Zuhrah" "Has anyone helped you to kill him

فَعَرَفَ الأُسَارَى الَّذِينَ عِنْدَ سَعْدٍ سَلْبَهُ، فَقَالُوا" هَذَا سَلَبُ الْجَالِنُوسُ

The prisoners who were with Sa'd recognized the spoils and said" 'These are the spoils of alJalnus

فَجَاءَ بِسَلْبِهِ إِلَى سَعْدٍ

Hebrought the spoils of al-Jalnus to Sa'd

قَالَ" وَاللَّهِ إِنَّ زَهْرَةَ يَوْمَئِذٍ لَعَلَى فَرَسٍ لَهُ مَا عَنَانُهَا إِلا مِنْ حَبْلٍ مَضْفُورٍ كَالْمِقْوَدِ، وَكَذَلِكَ حِزَامُهَا شَعْرٌ مَنْسُوجٌ

(Sa'id b. al-Marzuban also) said" "By God, Zuhrah rode on that day a horse whose reins were made of nothing but twisted rope, like a halter, and its girth was of woven hair

فَحَمَلَ عَلَيْهِ، فَقَتَلَهُ

Zuhrah attacked him and killed him

وَعَلَيْهِ يَارَقَانِ وَقَلبانِ وَقِرْطَانِ عَلَى بِرْذَوْنٍ لَهُ قَدْ خَضَدَ

He was wearing two pairs of bracelets (qulbani, yaiaqani) and two earrings (qurtani) and was riding an exhausted horse

خَرَجَ زَهْرَةُ حَتَّى أَدْرَكَ الْجَالِنُوسَ، مَلِكًا مِنْ مُلُوكِهِمْ، بَيْنَ الْخَرَّارَةِ وَالسَّيْلَحِينِ

Zuhrah set out and caught up with al-Jalnus, who was one of the Persian princes, between al-Kharrarah and al-Saylahun

كَتَبَ إِلَيَّ السَّرِيُّ، عَنْ شُعَيْبٍ، عَنْ سَيْفٍ، عَنْ سَعِيدِ بْنِ الْمَرْزُبَانِ، قَالَ

According to al-Sari— Shu'ayb— Sayf— Sa'id b. al-Marzuban

وهنأ الناس أميرهم، وأثنى على كل حي خيرا، وذكره منهم

The commander greeted the Muslims, praised every clan, and mentioned it by name

فقتلوهم في كل قرية وأجمة وشاطئ نهر، ورجعوا فوافوا صلاة الظهر

They killed them in every village, in every thicket, and on every river bank, and then returned in time for the noon prayer

وخرج القعقاع وأخوه وشرحبيل في طلب من ارتفع وسفل

Al-Qacqac, his brother, and Shurahbil went in pursuit of the Persians who had fled upstream and downstream

قال" وخرج زهرة في طلب الجالنوس

Zuhrah went in pursuit of al-Jalnus

وانحدروا من العذيب مع العشاء

They came down from al-Udhayb at the time of the evening prayer

يسقون من به رمق من المسلمين، ويقتلون من به رمق من المشركين

They gave water to the Muslims in whom there was a breath of life and killed the polytheists in whom there was a breath of life

ومعهم الأداوى

They had with them vessels of water

فأسلموا، وخرج صبيان العسكر في القتلى

The youngsters of the army went to inspect the dead

ولا والله لا يفلح أهل فارس بعد رستم إلا من دخل في هذا الأمر منهم

By God, no Persian will prosper after Rustam's death except those who became Muslims

إخواننا الذين دخلوا في هذا الأمر من أول الشأن أصوب منا وخير

"Our brethren who became Muslims from the beginning have better judgment and are more virtuous than we are

قالوا" وقال الديلم ورؤساء أهل المسالح الذين استجابوا للمسلمين، وقاتلوا معهم على غير الإسلام

The Daylamis and the chiefs of the garrisons who responded to the Muslims and fought on their side without embracing Islam said

كَتَبَ إلي السري، عن شعيب، عن سيف، عن مُحَمَّد وطلحة وزياد

According to al-Sari—Shu'ayb—Sayf—Muhammad, Talbah, and Ziyad

فَضَحِكَ

At this, Sa'd laughed

وَجَاءَ نَفَرٌ مِنَ الْعُبَّادِ حَتَّى دَخَلُوا عَلَى سَعْدٍ، فَقَالُوا" أَيُّهَا الأَمِيرُ، رَأَيْنَا جَسَدَ رُسْتُمَ عَلَى بَابِ قَصْرِكَ وَعَلَيْهِ رَأْسُ غَيْرِهِ، وَكَانَ الضَّرْبُ قَدْ شَوَّهَهُ

A group of Christians (al-ibad) came to Sa‘d and said" "O commander, we have seen the body of Rustam near the gate of your castle, but he had the head of another man; the blows have disfigured him "beyond recognition

فَبَاعَ الَّذِي عَلَيْهِ بِسَبْعِينَ أَلْفًا، وَكَانَتْ قِيمَةُ قَلَنْسُوَتِهِ مِائَةَ أَلْفٍ لَوْ ظَفَرَ بِهَا

Hilal sold what was found on Rustam's body for seventy thousand {dirhams"; the value of his headgear (qalansuwah) would have been one hundred thousand if Hilal had been able to take possession of it

وَكَانَ قَدْ تَخَفَّفَ حِينَ وَقَعَ إِلَى الْمَاءِ

Rustam had thrown off some of his clothing when he rushed into the water

فَأَعْطَاهُ سَلَبَهُ

He gave Rustam's spoils to Hilal

قَالَ" فَجِئْنَا بِهِ

Sa'd said" "Bring him to us

فَأَخْبَرَهُ، حَتَّى قَالَ" ضَرَبْتُ جَبِينَهُ وَأَنْفَهُ

He gave him the information, saying" "I struck his forehead and his nose

قَالَ" فَكَيْفَ قَتَلْتَهُ

Sa'd said" "How did you kill him

قَالَ" أَلْقَيْتُهُ تَحْتَ قَوَائِمِ الأَبْغَلِ

He replied, "I threw him under the feet of the mules

قَالَ" فَمَا صَنَعْتَ بِهِ

Sa'd said" "What did you do with him

قَالَ" بَلَى

Hilal said" "Yes, I did

فَأَرْسَلَ إِلَى رَجُلٍ مِنَ التَّيْمِ يُدْعَى هِلالا، فَقَالَ" أَلَمْ تُبْلِغْنِي أَنَّكَ قَتَلْتَ رُسْتُمَ

Sa‘d sent for a man from the tribe of Taym whose name was Hilal and said to him" "Did you not inform me that you had killed Rustam

فَأَتَيْتُهُ فَأَعْلَمْتُهُ، وَلَمْ أَرَ رُسْتُمَ فِي مَكَانِهِ

I came to him and gave him the information but I did not see Rustam in his place

دَعَانِي سَعْدٌ، فَأَرْسَلَنِي أَنْظُرُ لَهُ فِي الْقَتْلَى، وَأُسَمِّي لَهُ رُءُوسَهُمْ

Sa'd summoned me and sent me to inspect the dead on his behalf and to provide him with the names of the chieftains among them

كَتَبَ إِلَيَّ السَّرِيُّ، عَنْ شعيب، عن سيف، عن النضر، عن ابن الرُّفَيْلِ، عَنْ أَبِيهِ، قَالَ

According to al-Sari—Shu'ayb—Sayf—al-Nadr—Ibn al-Rufayl —his father

وَكَتَبَ سَعْدٌ بِالْفَتْحِ وَبِعِدَّةِ مَنْ قُتِلُوا وَمَنْ أُصِيبَ مِنَ الْمُسْلِمِينَ

Sa‘d wrote "to ‘Umar" about the victory, about the number of "the Persians whom the Muslims" killed, and about the number of the Muslims who had been hit

وَأَصْبَحُوا وَهُمْ جَمِيعٌ لا يَنْتَظِرُونَ أَحَدًا مِنْ جُنْدِهِمْ

In the morning all of them gathered, and they did not expect anyone else from the army "to return

وَأَقَامُوا بَقِيَّةَ يَوْمِهِمْ ذَلِكَ وَلَيْلَتِهِمْ حَتَّى رَجَعَ زَهْرَةُ

They stayed "in their places" for the rest of the day and the "following" night, until Zuhrah returned

فَأَقْرَعَ بَيْنَهُمْ سَعْدٌ

Sa‘d cast lots among them

وقد انى الصَّلاةَ وَقَدْ قُتِلَ الْمُؤَذِّنُ فَتَشَاحُّوا عَلَى الأَذَانِ

The time of prayer came, but the mu'adhdhin had been killed, and the Muslims quarreled with each other for the right to pronounce the call to prayer

ثُمَّ رَجَعَ الْحَدِيثُ وَتَرَاجَعُ الطَّلَبُ الَّذِينَ طَلَبُوا مَنْ عَلا عَلَى القادسية ومن سفل عنها

Another account" The Muslims who pursued the Persians upstream of al-Qadisiyyah and downstream returned

فَأَقْرَعَ سَعْدٌ بَيْنَهُمْ، فَخَرَجَ سَهْمُ رَجُلٍ فَأَذَّنَ

So Sa‘d cast lots among them, and the man whose lot was drawn pronounced the call to prayers

فَتَشَاحَّ النَّاسُ فِي الأَذَانِ حَتَّى كَادُوا أَنْ يَجْتَلِدُوا بِالسُّيُوفِ

The Muslims quarreled with each other for the right to pronounce the call to prayer, and almost fought it out with the swords

فَتَرَاجَعْنَا وَقَدْ أَتَى الصَّلاةَ، وَقَدْ أُصِيبَ الْمُؤَذِّنُ

When we retreated, the time of prayer came along, but the mu'adhadhin had been hit

اقْتَحَمْنَا الْقَادِسِيَّةِ صَدْرَ النَّهَارِ

We forced our way into al-Qadisiyyah in the morning

كَتَبَ إِلَيَّ السَّرِيُّ، عن شعيب، عن سيف، عن عبد الله بْنِ شُبْرُمَةَ، عَنْ شَقِيقٍ، قَالَ

According to al-Sari—Shu'ayb—Sayf—‘Abdallah b. Shubrumah — Shaqlq

وَأَمْسَوْا فَرَجَعُوا فَبَاتُوا بِالْقَادِسِيَّةِ

In the evening they returned and spent the night at al-Qadisiyyah

وَقَتَلُوا مَا بَيْنَ الْخَرَّارَةِ إِلَى السَّيْلَحِينِ، إِلَى النَّجَفِ

They killed "the Persians who were" between alKharrarah, al-Saylahun, and al-Najaf

فَشَاوَلَهُ زَهْرَةُ، فَاخْتَلَفَا ضَرْبَتَيْنِ، فَقَتَلَهُ زَهْرَةُ، وَأَخَذَ سَلَبَهُ

Zuhrah attacked him, they exchanged blows, and Zuhrah killed and plundered him

فَلَحِقَ بِالْقَوْمِ وَالْجَالِنُوسُ فِي آخِرِهِمْ يَحْمِيهِمْ

He then caught up with the Persians, with al-Jalnus in their rear guard, protecting them

فَمَضَى وَمَضَى النَّاسُ إِلَى الْقَنْطَرَةِ يَتْبَعُونَهُ

He set out and the Muslims went to the bridge following him

وَنَادَى زَهْرَةُ حَيْثُ كَاعَتِ الْخَيْلُ" خُذُوا أَيُّهَا النَّاسُ عَلَى الْقَنْطَرَةِ، وَعَارِضُونَا

When the horses were afraid {to advance", Zuhrah called out" "O men, take the way of the bridge and move along the opposite side

وَتَتَابَعَ على ذلك ثلاثمائة فَارِسٍ

Three hundred horsemen followed

وَوَثَبَ زَهْرَةُ وَكَانَ عَنْ حِصَانٍ وَسَائِرِ الْخَيْلِ فَاقْتَحَمَتْهُ

Zuhrah, who rode a stallion, and the rest of the horsemen leaped forward and waded the canal

فَتَجَمَّعَتْ وَقَالَتْ" وَثْبًا وَسُورَةُ الْبَقَرَةِ

She exerted herself and said" "lump, by the Surah of the Cow

فَضَرَبَ فَرَسَهُ، وَكَانَ يُقَاتِلُ عَلَى الإِنَاثِ، فَقَالَ" ثِبِي أَطْلالُ

Bukayr hit his mare—he fought only on mares—and said" "Jump, Atlal

فَقَالَ زَهْرَةُ" يَا بُكَيْرُ، أَقْدِمْ

Zuhrah said" "Advance, O Bukayr

وَانْتَهَى إِلَى الرَّدْمِ وَقَدْ بَثَقُوهُ لِيَمْنَعُوهُمْ بِهِ مِنَ الطَّلَبِ

He reached the barrier which the Persians had broken in order to thwart the pursuit

وَخَرَجَ زَهْرَةُ بْنُ الحوية فِي آثَارِهِمْ

Zuhrah b. al-Hawiyyah went after the Persians

وَقَالَ لِهَذَا" اغْدِ فِيمَا طَلَبَ هَذَا، فَعَلا هَذَا، وَسَفَلَ هَذَا، حَتَّى بَلَغَا مِقْدَارَ الْخَرَّارَةِ مِنَ الْقَادِسِيَّةِ

One went upstream, the other downstream, until each covered the distance between al-Kharrarah and al-Qadisiyyah

وَلَمَّا رَجَعَ الْقَعْقَاعُ وَشُرَحْبِيلُ قَالَ لِهَذَا" اغْدِ فِيمَا طَلَبَ هَذَا

When al-Qa‘qa‘ and Shurahbil returned, Sa‘d told each one of them to pursue those who had been pursued before by the other

فَأَخَذَ سَلَبَهُ فَلَمْ يَدَعْ عَلَيْهِ شَيْئًا

Hilal took Rustam's spoils and did not leave on him anything

فَذَهَبَ فَجَاءَ بِهِ، فَقَالَ" جَرِّدْهُ إِلا مَا شِئْتَ

When Hilal brought the corpse, Sa‘d said" "Strip it of everything, except that which you want to leave on it

قال" اذهب فجيء بِهِ

Sa'd said" "Go and bring him here

قَالَ" رَمَيْتُ بِهِ تحت ابغل

He replied" "I threw him under "the feet of" the mules

وَأَرْسَلَ سَعْدٌ إِلَى هلال، فدعا لَهُ، فَقَالَ" أَيْنَ صَاحِبُكَ

Sa'd sent for Hilal (b. TJllafah), blessed him, and said" "Where is your man

وَجُمِعَتِ الأَسْلابُ وَالأَمْوَالُ فَجُمِعَ مِنْهَا شَيْءٌ لَمْ يُجْمَعْ قَبْلَهُ وَلا بَعْدَهُ مِثْلُهُ

The spoils and the wealth were gathered; a quantity such as this had never been gathered, neither before al-Qadisiyyah nor after it

فَدَفَنَ الشُّهَدَاءَ، شُهَدَاءَ لَيْلَةَ الهرير ويوم القادسية، حول قديس الفان وخمسمائة وَرَاءَ الْعَتِيقِ بِحِيَالِ مُشَرِّقٍ، وَدُفِنَ شُهَدَاءُ مَا كَانَ قَبْلَ لَيْلَةِ الْهَرِيرِ عَلَى مُشَرِّقٍ

Two thousand five hundred martyrs who were killed on the Night of Howling and on the Day of alQadisiyyah were buried around Qudays, across al-'Atiq, opposite "the valley of" Musharriq, and the martyrs killed before the Night of Howling were buried in Musharriq