Upon receiving the evidence of al-Ala's defeat in al-Andalus, al-Mansur is said to have gasped, "God be praised for placing a sea between us!"
فلما رأى المنصور رأس العلاء انزعج وقال: «الحمد لله الذي جعل بيننا وبين هذا الشيطان بحرًا».