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O Abu al‐Manazil, O best of knights, whoever is bereaved of you in the world is indeed bereaved!
[1] Maqatil al‐Talibiyyin.
Allah knows that if I fear them and the heart is fearful of them, they will not kill him, and I will not
hand over my brother to them until we all die or we all live!
Then his tears flowed on his holy face, and he praised his brother, and composed some words out
of his sadness, saying: "O Allah, You know that Muhammed went out in revolt to show anger for
You, to remove these heavy (days), and to prefer Your right; therefore have mercy on him, forgive
him; make the hereafter the best resort and return for him in the world."
He elegized his brother with these poetry lines:
I will lament for you through the thin, white (swords) and the spear, for surely through them the
seeker attain his revenge.
We are the people who do not weep for their perishing one, even if he breaks their backs.
I am not like the one who mourns for his brother with tears he makes through pressing the water
of his eyeball with pressing.
But I relieve my heart through an attack with which I inflame firebrands among their phalanxes.[1]
The heroism in the brilliant sense of the word was present in this wonderful attitude Ibrahim
adopted, for the murder of his brother did not weaken his determination; rather it increased him
in faith and determination, and he continued his struggle.
Ibrahim declared his great revolt against al‐Mansur in Basrah, so the Muslims responded to him
and joined his summons. Sufyan b. Mu'awiya, the governor of Basrah, was among those who
supported him. He always contacted with him and informed him of al‐Mansur's new decisions
concerning Basrah. He helped him very much with the affairs of the revolt.
Ibrahim occupied Basrah and sent the summoners to him to al‐Ahwaz, Persia, Wasit, and al‐
Meda'in. These countries responded to him and pledged allegiance to him. The flag of the 'Alawid
state waved over them. The news of the violent revolt successively came to al‐Mansur, and he
became afraid, frightened, and impatient. Al‐Hajjajj b. Qutayba came in to him and saw him
hitting the ground with his scepter and reciting:
I have installed myself as a target for spears; surely the head does the like of that!
So al‐Hajjajj said to him: "May Allah make your glory last and grant you a victory over your enemy,
you say just as al‐A'sha has said: [1] Ibid., 342.
"'And if their war is kindled among them and is heated for them after its being cold, it will find
someone who is patient toward its heat, the attacks of wars, and their repetition."
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