Sirat Ibn Hisham 1191
The Messenger's glad tidings to the Muslims of the expedition against Quraysh
قَالَ ابْنُ إسْحَاقَ: وَقَالَ كَعْبُ بْنُ مَالِكٍ فِي يَوْمِ الْخَنْدَقِ: أَلَا أَبْلِغْ قُرَيْشًا أَنَّ سَلْعًا وَمَا بَيْنَ الْعُرَيْضِ إلَى الصِّمَادِ نَوَاضِحُ فِي الْحُرُوبِ مُدَرَّبَاتٌ وَخَوْصٌ ثُقِّبَتْ مِنْ عَهْدِ عَادِ رَوَاكِدُ يَزْخَرُ الْمُرَّارُ فِيهَا فَلَيْسَتْ بِالْجِمَامِ وَلَا الثِّمَادِ كَأَنَّ الْغَابَ وَالْبَرْدِيَّ فِيهَا أَجَشُّ إذَا تَبَقَّعَ لِلْحَصَادِ وَلَمْ نَجْعَلْ تِجَارَتَنَا اشْتِرَاءَ الْحَمِيرِ لِأَرْضِ دَوْسٍ أَوْ مُرَادِ بِلَادٌ لَمْ تَثُرْ إلَّا لِكَيْمَا نُجَالِدُ إنْ نَشِطْتُمْ لِلْجِلَادِ أَثَرْنَا سِكَّةَ الْأَنْبَاطِ فِيهَا فَلَمْ تَرَ مِثْلَهَا جَلَهَاتِ وَادِ قَصَرْنَا كُلَّ ذِي حُضْرٍ وَطَوْلٍ عَلَى الْغَايَاتِ مُقْتَدِرٍ جَوَادِ أَجِيبُونَا إلَى مَا نَجْتَدِيكُمْ مِنْ الْقَوْلِ الْمُبَيَّنِ وَالسَّدَادِ وَإِلَّا فَاصْبِرُوا لِجِلَادِ يَوْمٍ لَكُمْ مِنَّا إلَى شَطْرِ الْمَذَادِ نُصَبِّحُكُمْ بِكُلِّ أَخِي حُرُوبٍ وَكُلِّ مُطَهَّمٍ سَلِسِ الْقِيَادِ وَكُلِّ طِمِرَّةٍ خَفِقٌ حَشَاهَا تَدِفُّ دَفِيفَ صَفْرَاءِ الْجَرَادِ وَكُلِّ مُقَلَّصِ الْآرَابِ نَهْدٍ تَمِيمِ الْخَلْقِ مِنْ أُخْرٍ وَهَادِي خُيُولٌ لَا تُضَاعُ إذَا أُضِيعَتْ خُيُولُ النَّاسِ فِي السَّنَةِ الْجَمَادِ يُنَازِعْنَ الْأَعِنَّةَ مُصْغِيَاتٍ إذَا نَادَى إلَى الْفَزَعِ الْمُنَادِي إذَا قَالَتْ لَنَا النُّذُرُ اسْتَعِدُّوا تَوَكَّلْنَا عَلَى رَبِّ الْعِبَادِ وَقُلْنَا لَنْ يُفَرِّجَ مَا لَقِينَا سِوَى ضَرْبُ الْقَوَانِسِ وَالْجِهَادِ فَلَمْ تَرَ عُصْبَةً فِيمَنْ لَقِينَا مِنْ الْأَقْوَامِ مِنْ قَارٍ وَبَادِي أَشَدَّ بَسَالَةً مِنَّا إذَا مَا أَرَدْنَاهُ وَأَلْيَنَ فِي الْوِدَادِ إذَا مَا نَحْنُ أَشْرَجْنَا عَلَيْهَا جِيَادَ الْجُدْلِ فِي الْأُرَبِ الشِّدَادِ قَذَفْنَا فِي السَّوَابِغِ كُلَّ صَقْرٍ كَرِيمٍ غَيْرِ مُعْتَلِثِ الزِّنَادِ أَشَمَّ كَأَنَّهُ أَسَدٌ عَبُوسٌ غَدَاةَ بَدَا بِبَطْنِ الْجَزَعِ غَادِي يُغَشِّي هَامَةَ الْبَطَلِ الْمُذَكَّى صَبِيَّ السَّيْفِ مُسْتَرْخِي النِّجَادِ لِنُظْهِرَ دِينَكَ اللَّهُمَّ إنَّا بِكَفِّكَ فَاهْدِنَا سُبُلَ الرَّشَادِ قَالَ ابْنُ هِشَامٍ بَيْتُهُ: قَصَرْنَا كُلَّ ذِي حُضْرٍ وَطَوْلٍ وَالْبَيْتُ الَّذِي يَتْلُوهُ، وَالْبَيْتُ الثَّالِثُ مِنْهُ، وَالْبَيْتُ الرَّابِعُ مِنْهُ، وَبَيْتُهُ: أَشَمَّ كَأَنَّهُ أَسَدٌ عَبُوسٌ وَالْبَيْتُ الَّذِي يَتْلُوهُ، عَنْ أَبِي زَيْدٍ الْأَنْصَارِيِّ.
Translation
✧ Ibn Isḥāq said: Kaʿb b. Mālik said on the Day of the Trench: Let me inform Quraysh that Salʿ and what lies between al-ʿUrayḍ and al-Ṣimād are water troughs trained in wars, and slender lances whose tips were forged since the age of ʿĀd, stilled yet the bitter water surges in them, so they are neither full cisterns nor mere pits. It is as though the thicket and papyrus within them were a low rumble when it dapples for the harvest. We have not made our trade the purchase of donkeys for the land of Daws or Murād—lands that rise only so that we may fight, if you are eager for combat. We stirred up the plowshare of the Nabataeans in them, and you will not see the like of its open valleys. We have confined every one possessing speed and length to the utmost goals, a powerful, noble steed. Answer us to what we request of you in clear speech and right guidance; otherwise, be patient for a day of fighting in which you will face from us half the watering-place. We will come upon you in the morning with every brother of wars and every well-proportioned horse, smooth of rein, and every lean mare whose loins quiver, beating with the rapid flutter of the yellow locust, and every one with taut limbs, high-breasted, perfect of form, from noble stock and pure blood—horses that are not lost when the horses of men are lost in the barren year. They vie for the reins, inclining their heads when the caller calls to the alarm. When the warners say to us, 'Prepare,' we put our trust in the Lord of all servants, and we said, 'Nothing will relieve what we have met except striking the helmets and striving.' You have not seen a band, among those we met of settled and desert peoples, more courageous than us when we intend it, and more gentle in affection. When we opened upon them our strong-limbed steeds in the rugged knots of battle, we hurled into the coats of mail every noble falcon, generous, not of faulty firesticks—lofty, as though he were a stern lion, going forth in the morning when he appeared in the hollow of the stream. The blade of his sword covers the head of the purified hero, with a slack sword-belt. That we may manifest Your religion, O God, for we are in Your hand, so guide us to the paths of right guidance. Ibn Hishām said: His verse, 'We have confined every one possessing speed and length,' and the verse that follows it, and the third verse from it, and the fourth verse from it, and his verse, 'lofty, as though he were a stern lion,' and the verse that follows it, are from Abū Zayd al-Anṣārī.
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