Guillaume--Life of Muhammad.pdf - Radical Truth
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5 6 + The <strong>Life</strong> <strong>of</strong> <strong>Muhammad</strong> .<br />
small thing to ask and I led him to them. As he stood by them he said,<br />
'Fare you well, I:Iubaysha, though life is at an end.'<br />
Tell me when I sought and found you in I:Ialya<br />
Or came on you in al-Khawaniq,<br />
Was I not a lover worthy to be given what he asked,<br />
Who undertook journeys by night and noonday?<br />
I did nO wrong when I said when ou: people were together,<br />
Reward me with love before some misfortune befalls!<br />
Reward me with love before distance divides<br />
And the chief goes <strong>of</strong>f with a dear one thus parted.<br />
For I was never disloyal to our secret troth<br />
And my eye never looked admiringly at another.<br />
When the tribe's troubles distracted me from love<br />
Even then the attraction <strong>of</strong> love was there (818).<br />
The same authority told me that she said: 'May your life be prolonged<br />
seven and ten continuous years and eight thereafter.' Then I took him<br />
away and he was beheaded. .<br />
Abu Firiis b. Abu Sunbula al-Aslami from some <strong>of</strong> theIr shaykhs from<br />
one who was present said: She went to him when he w~ b~headed<br />
bent over him and kept on kissing him untIl she dIed at h,s sIde.<br />
One <strong>of</strong> the B. Jadhima said:<br />
God requite Mudlij for the evil they did us<br />
Wherever they go or rest.<br />
They took our goods and divided them;<br />
The spears came at us not once nor tWice.<br />
Were it not for the religion <strong>of</strong> <strong>Muhammad</strong>'s people<br />
Their cavalry! would have fled and been driven <strong>of</strong>f.<br />
What hindered them from helping a squadron<br />
Like a swarm <strong>of</strong> locusts loose and scattered abroad?<br />
If they repent or return to their (right) way ,<br />
We will not repay them for what the squadron lost.<br />
Wahb <strong>of</strong> the B. Layth answered him:<br />
We called'Amir to Islam and the truth.<br />
It is not our fault if .Amir turned their backs.<br />
What happened to 'Amir, confound them, is not our fault<br />
Because their minds were foolish and went astray.<br />
One <strong>of</strong> the B. Jadhima said:<br />
Congratulate B. Ka'b on the coming <strong>of</strong> Khalid and his companions<br />
The mom when the squadrons came on us.<br />
Ibn Khuwaylid showed nO desire for revenge.<br />
1 Reading with C. khuyul. .'<br />
:1 Or, reading the passive with W., 'for the squadron havmg been led astray.<br />
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The <strong>Life</strong> <strong>of</strong> <strong>Muhammad</strong><br />
You would have been content had vou not been there.<br />
Our men do not keep their fools fr~m us,<br />
Nor is the malady <strong>of</strong> the day <strong>of</strong> al-Ghumaysa' cured.<br />
A young man <strong>of</strong> B. Jadhima who was leading his mother and his two<br />
sisters in their flight from Khalid's force said:<br />
Set free your skirts, let your garments trail;<br />
Walk as chaste women who do not quail.<br />
We guard our women, we wiiI not fail.<br />
Young men <strong>of</strong> B. Jadhima known as B. Musal,Iiq were composing rough<br />
verse when they heard <strong>of</strong> Khalid, and one <strong>of</strong> them said:<br />
$afra' white <strong>of</strong> flanks whom a man with flocks and camels<br />
Possesses, knows that I will do all a man can do this day.<br />
And another said:<br />
$afra' who diverts her husband \vell knows,<br />
She who eats but a morsel <strong>of</strong> meat,<br />
That today I will deliver a swift blow<br />
As one leaving the sacred area hits sluggish pregnant camels.<br />
And another said:<br />
No long-maned lion with ponderous paws,<br />
Ferocious mien, and tawny whiskers, r<br />
Roaring 'twixt jungle and thicket when the morn is cold,<br />
Whose only food is man,<br />
Is bolder than I was that day, I swear.<br />
KHALlD'S JOURNEY TO DESTROY AL-'UZZA<br />
Then the apostle sent Khalid to al-'Uzza which was in Nakhla. It was a<br />
temple which this tribe <strong>of</strong> Quraysh and Kinana and all MUllar used to<br />
venerate. Its guardians and wardens were B. Shayban <strong>of</strong> B. Sulaym, allies<br />
<strong>of</strong> B. Hashim.<br />
When the Sulami guardian heard <strong>of</strong> Khalid's coming he<br />
hung his sword on her, climbed the mountain on which she stood, and said:<br />
o 'Uzza, make an annihilating attack on KhaIid,<br />
Throw aside your veil and gird up your train,<br />
o 'Uzza, if you do not kill this man Khalid<br />
Then bear a swift punishment or become a Christian.'<br />
When Khalid arrived he destroyed her and returned to the apostle.<br />
I I prefer this reading to W.'s shibiil, 'cubs'.<br />
:1 For bu' see Lane, 270C; ithm can stand both for crime and punishment. TanlJjian- really<br />
means 'become a Muslim', because the speaker at that date saw no difference between the<br />
two religions.