Tarikh (al-Tabari) 1119
The Expedition of Uḥud
[ شَأْنُ مَعْبَدٍ الْخُزَاعِيِّ ] قَالَ: وَقَدْ مَرَّ بِهِ كَمَا حَدَّثَنِي عَبْدُ اللَّهِ بْنُ أَبِي بَكْرٍ، مَعْبَدُ بْنُ أَبِي مَعْبَدٍ الْخُزَاعِيُّ، وَكَانَتْ خُزَاعَةُ، مُسْلِمُهُمْ وَمُشْرِكُهُمْ عَيْبَةَ نُصْحٍ لِرَسُولِ اللَّهِ ﷺ، بِتِهَامَةَ، صَفْقَتُهُمْ مَعَهُ، لَا يُخْفُونَ عَنْهُ شَيْئًا كَانَ بِهَا، وَمَعْبَدٌ يَوْمَئِذٍ مُشْرِكٌ، فَقَالَ: يَا مُحَمَّدُ، أَمَا وَاَللَّهِ لَقَدْ عَزَّ عَلَيْنَا مَا أَصَابَكَ، وَلَوَدِدْنَا أَنَّ اللَّهَ عَافَاكَ فِيهِمْ، ثُمَّ خَرَجَ وَرَسُولُ اللَّهِ ﷺ بِحَمْرَاءِ الْأَسَدِ، حَتَّى لَقِيَ أَبَا سُفْيَانَ بْنَ حَرْبٍ وَمَنْ مَعَهُ بِالرَّوْحَاءِ، وَقَدْ أَجْمَعُوا الرَّجْعَةَ إلَى رَسُولِ اللَّهِ ﷺ وَأَصْحَابِهِ، وَقَالُوا: أَصَبْنَا حَدَّ أَصْحَابِهِ وَأَشْرَافَهُمْ وَقَادَتَهُمْ، ثُمَّ نَرْجِعُ قَبْلَ أَنْ نَسْتَأْصِلَهُمْ لَنَكُرَنَّ عَلَى بَقِيَّتِهِمْ، فَلَنَفْرُغَنَّ مِنْهُمْ. فَلَمَّا رَأَى أَبُو سُفْيَانَ مَعْبَدًا، قَالَ: مَا وَرَاءَكَ يَا مَعْبَدُ ؟ قَالَ: مُحَمَّدٌ قَدْ خَرَجَ فِي أَصْحَابِهِ يَطْلُبُكُمْ فِي جَمْعٍ لَمْ أَرَ مِثْلَهُ قَطُّ، يَتَحَرَّقُونَ عَلَيْكُمْ تَحَرُّقًا، قَدْ اجْتَمَعَ مَعَهُ مَنْ كَانَ تَخَلَّفَ عَنْهُ فِي يَوْمِكُمْ، وَنَدِمُوا عَلَى مَا صَنَعُوا، فِيهِمْ مِنْ الْحَنَقِ عَلَيْكُمْ شَيْءٌ لَمْ أَرَ مِثْلَهُ قَطُّ؛ قَالَ: وَيْحكَ مَا تَقُولُ ؟ قَالَ: وَاَللَّهِ مَا أَرَى أَنْ تَرْتَحِلَ حَتَّى أَرَى نَوَاصِيَ الْخَيْلِ، قَالَ: فَوَاَللَّهِ لَقَدْ أَجْمَعْنَا الْكَرَّةَ عَلَيْهِمْ، لِنَسْتَأْصِلَ بَقِيَّتَهُمْ: قَالَ: فَإِنِّي أَنْهَاكَ عَنْ ذَلِكَ، قَالَ: وَاَللَّهِ لَقَدْ حَمَلَنِي مَا رَأَيْتُ عَلَى أَنْ قُلْتُ فِيهِمْ أَبْيَاتًا مِنْ شِعْرٍ؛ قَالَ: وَمَا قُلْتُ ؟ قَالَ: قُلْتُ: كَادَتْ تُهَدُّ مِنْ الْأَصْوَاتِ رَاحِلَتِي إذْ سَالَتْ الْأَرْضُ بِالْجُرْدِ الْأَبَابِيلِ تَرْدِى بِأُسْدٍ كَرَامٍ لَا تَنَابِلَةٍ عِنْدَ اللِّقَاءِ وَلَا مِيلٍ مَعَازِيلِ فَظَلْتُ عَدْوًا أَظُنُّ الْأَرْضَ مَائِلَةً لَمَّا سَمَوْا بِرَئِيسٍ غَيْرِ مَخْذُولِ فَقُلْتُ: وَيْلَ ابْنِ حَرْبٍ مِنْ لِقَائِكُمْ إذَا تَغَطمطتُ الْبَطْحَاءُ بِالْجِيلِ إنِّي نَذِيرٌ لِأَهْلِ الْبَسْلِ ضَاحِيَةً لِكُلِّ ذِي إرْبَةٍ مِنْهُمْ وَمَعْقُولِ مِنْ جَيْشِ أَحْمَدَ لَا وَخَشٍ تَنَابِلَةٍ وَلَيْسَ يُوصَفُ مَا أَنْذَرْتُ بِالْقِيلِ فَثَنَى ذَلِكَ أَبَا سُفْيَانَ وَمَنْ مَعَهُ.
Translation
✧ The affair of Maʿbad al-Khuzāʿī He said: And Maʿbad b. Abī Maʿbad al-Khuzāʿī passed by him, as ʿAbd Allāh b. Abī Bakr narrated to me. The Khuzāʿah, both their Muslims and their polytheists, were a pouch of sincere counsel for the Messenger of God ﷺ in Tihāmah; their pact was with him, and they did not conceal from him anything that happened there. Maʿbad was a polytheist on that day. He said: "O Muḥammad, by God, it grieves us what has befallen you, and we would have wished that God had kept you safe from them." Then he departed while the Messenger of God ﷺ was at Ḥamrāʾ al-Asad, until he met Abū Sufyān b. Ḥarb and those with him at al-Rawḥāʾ. They had resolved to return against the Messenger of God ﷺ and his companions, and they said: "We struck the flower of his companions, their nobles and their leaders, then we turned back before exterminating them. Let us make another attack on the remnant of them, and let us finish them off." When Abū Sufyān saw Maʿbad, he said: "What is behind you, O Maʿbad?" He said: "Muḥammad has come out with his companions seeking you, in a host the like of which I have never seen, burning with rage against you. Those who had stayed behind from him on your day have joined him, and they have regretted what they did. Among them there is such rancor against you as I have never seen the like of." He said: "Woe to you, what are you saying?" He said: "By God, I do not think you will depart before I see the forelocks of the horses." He said: "By God, we had resolved upon the return against them, to exterminate their remnant." He said: "I forbid you from that." He said: "By God, what I saw caused me to say some verses of poetry about them." He said: "What did you say?" He said: "I said: My riding camel was nearly broken down by the clamor, when the earth flowed with swift, strong horses, Trampling with noble lions, not weaklings, At the meeting, and not laggards or deserters. And I passed the night thinking the earth was tilting, When they raised a chief who was not forsaken. So I said: Woe to Ibn Ḥarb from meeting you, When the wide valley resounds with the throng. Truly I am a warner to the people of al-Basl, openly, To every one of them with intelligence and reason, Of the army of Aḥmad, not a cowardly rabble, And what I warn of cannot be described in words. That turned back Abū Sufyān and those with him.
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