Sirat Ibn Hisham 62

What was said in poetry in description of the elephant

[ شِعْرُ طَالِبٍ فِي وَقْعَةِ الْفِيلِ ] قَالَ ابْنُ إسْحَاقَ: وَقَالَ طَالِبُ بْنُ أَبِي طَالِبِ بْنِ عَبْدِ الْمُطَّلِبِ:: أَلَمْ تَعْلَمُوا مَا كَانَ فِي حَرْبِ دَاحِسٍ وَجَيْشِ أَبِي يَكْسُومَ إذْ مَلَئُوا الشِّعْبَا فَلَوْلَا دِفَاعُ اللَّهِ لَا شَيْءَ غَيْرُهُ لَأَصْبَحْتُمْ لَا تَمْنَعُونَ لَكُمْ سِرْبَا قَالَ ابْنُ هِشَامٍ: وَهَذَانِ الْبَيْتَانِ فِي قَصِيدَةٍ لَهُ فِي يَوْمِ بَدْرٍ سَأَذْكُرُهَا فِي مَوْضِعهَا إنْ شَاءَ اللَّهُ تَعَالَى

Translation

✧ [Poetry of Ṭālib concerning the affair of the elephant] Ibn Isḥāq said: Ṭālib b. Abī Ṭālib b. ʿAbd al-Muṭṭalib said: Do you not know what was in the war of Dāḥis and the army of Abū Yaksūm when they filled the mountain pass? Were it not for God’s defense, naught else besides Him, you would have become unable to protect for yourselves a herd. Ibn Hishām said: These two verses are from a poem of his on the Day of Badr, which I shall mention in its place, if God Almighty wills.

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