Guillaume--Life of Muhammad.pdf - Radical Truth

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242 The LIfe of Muhammad
I went up to them in childish pleasure as I alv.rays did, and they were so
sunk in gloom that they took no notice of me. I heard my uncle say to my
father, "Is he he? Do you recognize him, and can you be sure?" "Yes!"
"And what do you feel about him I" "By God I shall be his enemy as long
as I live!" I
THE JEWS ARE JOINED BY AN~ARj HYPOCRITES
The following hypocrites' from al-Aus and al-Khazraj joined the Jews
according to information given me. God knows best about the truth.
From Aus of the section of B. 'Amr b. 'Auf b. Malik of the subdivision
Laudhan b. 'Amr b. 'Auf: Zuwayy b. al-I~arith. From B. ~lubayh b. 'Amr
b. 'Auf: Julas b. Suwayd b. al-~amit and his brother al-I:larith. Julas was
one of those who withdrew from the apostle in the raid on Tabuk. He
said, 'If this man is right we are worse than donkeys.' 'Vmayr b. Sa'd, one
of them, who was closely related to JuBis, he having married his mother
after his father's death, reported what he had said to the apostle. But
first he said to JuHis: 'You are dearer to me than any man, the most
generous to me, and it is most painful to me that anything should hap~en
to upset you; but you have said words which if I repeat them I shall bnng
shame upon you, and if I keep silence I shall bring my religion into pe~il.
One is preferable to the other.' Then he went to the apostle and told hIm
what Julas had said. Julas swore by God that he had not said the words
attributed to him by 'Umayr. And God sent down concerning him:
'They swear by God that they did not say, when they did actually say,
words of unbelief and did disbelieve after they had surrendered themselves.
They planned what they could not carry out and they had nothing to
avenge but that God and His apostle had enriched them by His bounty.
If they repent it will be better for them; and if they turn back God will
afflict them with a painful punishment in this world and the next. In thiS
world they have no friend or helper' (295).'
It is alleged that he repented and was known to be a good Muslim.
His brother'al-J:larith who killed al-Mujadhdhar b. Dhiyad al-Balawi and
Qays b. Zayd one of B. pubay'a at Ul,tud, went out with the Muslims. He
was a hypocrite, and when battle was joined he fell upon these two men,
killed them, and attached himself to Quraysh (296).
Mu'adh b. 'Afra' killed Suwayd treacherously when there was no war.
He shot him with an arrow before the battle of Bu